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Questions tagged [users]
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How to remove a user from a group?
I added a user account to the admin group and discovered I added wrong user. So I now have to remove the account from the admin group.
How can I remove an account from a group without deleting the user?
Eonil
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How to enable or disable a user?
I'm uing ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I have 3 users: user1(administrator), user2(standard) and guest. I wanted to disable user1 and enable user2 which auto logs on with no password but after I did that I can't login to user1 and user2 accounts except the…
user150330
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How to see the UID of all files or folders
When I do a ls -al, I can see the owner and group of files or folders. However, I recently changed my UID, so how do I find out if all my folders belong to my username and the new uid?
john smith
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Default groups for user in Ubuntu?
Installed HP Linux Imaging and Printing by using install script and something crashed. Now I'm only member of my own group and lp.
Which are the default groups for users in for example Ubuntu 12.10? Same as this?
Out of curiosity, is there some…
Runium
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Copying files from one user to another in a single machine
How can I copy files or directories from one user to another user on the same machine via the commandline?
Suppose there is a file test.txt in the home directory of USER1. I need to copy that file to the home directory of USER2 on my machine. How…
nischalinn
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Why is there a man entry in /etc/passwd
I've noticed that there is an entry for the man user in my /etc/passwd file. What is the purpose of this user?
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
Dumitru
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What's the purpose of the "bin" group?
Where is it usually used? Where can I read about it, and other often used groups?
Peret Finctor
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How to find active users in Ubuntu?
With help of the who command we can get active users,
I want only the first field
such as
user 1
user 2
user 3
ArUn
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How do I set up new users with skel
i have on my server a settings i use for all my users. every time i create a new user i have to copy all the settings over and over.
for example:
.vimrc.
.profile
.bashrc
firefox homepage to our intranet
evolution settings (server and…
aki
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Create file for new user
I'm creating custom build of Ubuntu with some installed packages.
My question is how to put a file on desktop automatically after creating new user? For example something.txt containing some text.
Solo Omsarashvili
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Where to find password for users created in Ubuntu (16.04)
I'm new to Ubuntu. I have made two ordinary users on my Ubuntu and provided them with the same password.
Now I want to check if the passwords are similar but I don't know where to look for or what command to write in a terminal. Where do I find…
priyank
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How is Ubuntu tracking progress towards 200 million users?
Given that ubuntu has a very public goal of reaching 200 million users, how will we know when this goal has been reached?
Is a public and transparent method for counting Ubuntu users being used?
Is there a user count published and updated regularly?…
trampster
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Why is there a new Group for me as a User?
Why is it that when I provide a username during the installation process for Ubuntu, that a new group is created with that name too?
Is there a reason we're not just plain Administrators?
user541686
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Why are there two users with same name?
When I execute users command, it output two users with same name. Why are there two users? I'm pretty sure that I created just one user.
i.e
username@Computer:~$ users
gives following output
username username
TheKojuEffect
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How do I create a new user account?
How do I create a new user account on Ubuntu?
