In this tutorial, i am going to show you how to add and remove new users on linux ubuntu 22.04 system.
How to Add and Remove Users on Ubuntu 22.04 Command Line
Follow the below given steps to add and remove new sudo user on linux ubuntu 22.04 system:
- Step 1 – Create a new user account on Ubuntu
- Step 2 – Add the new user to the sudo group
- Step 3 – Test sudo user account
- Step 4 – Removing a User from on Ubuntu Command Line
Step 1 – Create a new user account on Ubuntu
Run the following command on terminal to add or create new sudo user on ubuntu:
adduser username
Note that:- replace username
with the user name that you want to create.
Once the user has been added; the Prompt box will appear to set and confirm the new user password.
Step 2 – Add the new user to the sudo group
Run the following command on terminal to add the user you created to the sudo group use the usermod
command:
usermod -aG sudo username
Step 3 – Test sudo user account
Run the following command on terminal to switch to the newly created user:
su - username
Use sudo
to run the whoami
command:
sudo whoami
Is the user have sudo access then the output of the whoami
command will be “root”:
root
Step 4 – Removing a User from on Ubuntu Command Line
Run the the deluser
command on the terminal to remove a user from ubuntu:
sudo deluser username
The above-given command will not remove the user files.
If you want to delete the user and its home directory and mail spool, use the --remove-home
flag:
sudo deluser --remove-home username
Conclusion
In this tutorial, i have shown to you how to add and remove new users on the linux ubuntu 22.04 system.