======Users and Groups====== =====Create User===== useradd -g USERS_MAIN_GROUP -G SECONDARY_GROUP1,SECONDARY_GROUP2 -m -d /home/USERNAME USERNAME =====Create Group===== groupadd GROUPNAME =====Add Secondary Group to User===== usermod -a -G GROUPNAME USERNAME =====Change Password===== Run as root passwd USERNAME Or run as yourself to change your own password passwd Change password without interaction (e.g. withing a script) echo "username:new_password" | chpasswd =====Lock Password===== passwd -l USERNAME =====Unlock Password===== passwd -u USERNAME =====Delete Password===== Preferred way of doing it as you don't even get the option of trying to log in. passwd -d USERNAME =====See User Limits===== Display max number of processes, etc for a particular user. ulimit -a USERNAME =====Set User Limits===== Set max number of processes for a user for just that session ulimit -Su USERNAME