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This article mainly introduces how to use linux's usermod command to modify user accounts, which can be used for reference by friends who need it. Let's take a look at it with me.

The usermod command is used to modify the user account. Usermod can be used to modify the settings of a user's account and modify the system account file to reflect the changes specified by the command line.

Syntax format: usermod [parameters]

Common parameters:

-c modify the remarks text of the user account-d modify the directory when the user logs in-e modify the validity period of the account-f modify the number of days after the password expires to close the account-g modify the group to which the user belongs-G modify the additional group to which the user belongs-l modify the user account name-L lock the user password, make the password invalid-s modify the shell-u used by the user after login to unlock the password

Reference example

Change the login directory:

[root@linuxcool] # usermod-d / home/hnlinux root

Change the user's uid:

[root@linuxcool] # usermod-u 777 root

Change the user name to linux:

[root@linuxcool ~] # usermod-l Linux linuxcool

Password to lock linuxcool:

[root@linuxcool] # usermod-L linuxcool

Unlock the password for linuxcool:

[root@linuxcool ~] # usermod-U linuxcool above is how to use the usermod command of linux to modify the details of a user's account. Have you learned anything after reading it? If you want to know more about it, welcome to the industry information!

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