Jack Wallen walks you through creating new users and groups on Linux and adding those new users to the new groups.

Here's a quick guide to adding users and groups, and then how to add users to groups, all from the command line on the Linux platform.

If you're just now starting your journey with Linux, these are the commands you need to know to manage users.

But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get acquainted with the Unix command line.

How-to By Linux Format published 1 October 2015 Create users and set passwords, permissions and ownership in the Linux terminal ...