LEARN TO USE MANPAGES!!!  
Forget about google. 
Google may not be available inside some networks.



h3. Exercises User Create/Manage - 3 - Prep

Work along ... 
 Create a backup of the user, group files on your test system. 

 Which files need to be backed up?   __ 

 Which tool(s) can be used?   __ 
   
 /etc is tiny, so grab everything.    __ 

 How large is YOUR /etc?    __ 




h3. Exercises User Create/Manage - 3a

Work along ... 
 Create a normal user account, user1     __ 

 Set the password for it.     __ 

 Set it to expire in 2 months     __ 

 Force a password change every week for the user.     __ 

 Setup a 3 day warning before the password change is required.     __ 




h3. Exercises User Create/Manage - 3b

Work along ... 
 Create 8 more user accounts - user2-user9     __ 

 Create 3 new groups - users / even / odd     __ 

 Put all users into the "users" group     __ 

 Put even users into the "even" group     __ 

 Put odd users into the "odd" group     __ 

 Did you replace the primary group or add another group for each user?     __ 





h3. Exercises User Create/Manage - 3c

Work along ... 

  Make user1 a group admin     __ 

  Make user2 a group admin with a password for the group     __ 

  Disable user7, 8, 9 accounds   __ 

  Force user6 to change their password at the next login    __ 

  Create some files for user9 (use sudo + chown)    __ 

  Delete user9's account, but keep those files and assign them to user1 as owner    __