From the course: Practical Linux for Network Engineers: Part 1

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- [Lecturer] So now that we know why we need user accounts and group accounts let's look at how to create them on the uBuntuServer. I can use the command user, tab, tab and notice we have various options. User add, user delete, user modification. This is again very similar to a router. On a Cisco router if I type c, tab that doesn't give me options, but notice c, question mark shows me the various options. cl tab doesn't work, cl question mark shows me the options. But if I type clo tab, it auto completes, so here the user tab, again like a Cisco router doesn't show any output, but if I press tab again it shows me the various options so I don't have to use question mark, I simply press tab twice. If I type a here, tab once, it auto completes in a similar way to a router. So very similar to a router, just remember to type tab. If nothing happens press tab again to show you the various options. If we look at adding a user we can use help here to see help information about creating a…

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