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Lab 001: Create a User

Lab 001: Create a User

Requirements​

Create a user named mariyam on App Server 2 in Stratos Datacenter. Set UID to 3120 and its home directory to /var/www/mariyam.

Note

This lab focuses on creating a Linux user with specific UID and home directory settings.

Prerequisites​

  • SSH access to App Server 2 with root or sudo privileges.
  • User management tools available (useradd, id, grep).

Steps​

Login to the app server and switch to root. For the server credentials, check out the Project Nautilus documentation.

sshpass -p  '**********' ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no steve@172.16.238.11
sudo su -
**********

Create the user based on the requirements.

useradd -u 3120 -d /var/www/mariyam mariyam

Verify.

id mariyam
grep mariyam /etc/passwd

Verification​

  • Confirm user mariyam exists with id mariyam.
  • Confirm UID is 3120 with grep mariyam /etc/passwd.
  • Confirm home directory is /var/www/mariyam.

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