usermod Command Examples
Modify a user account. See also:
users
,useradd
,userdel
. More information: https://manned.org/usermod.
- Change a username:
sudo usermod {{[-l|--login]}} {{new_username}} {{username}}
- Change a user ID:
sudo usermod {{[-u|--uid]}} {{id}} {{username}}
- Change a user shell:
sudo usermod {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
- Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace):
sudo usermod {{[-a|--append]}} {{[-G|--groups]}} {{group1,group2,...}} {{username}}
- Change a user home directory:
sudo usermod {{[-m|--move-home]}} {{[-d|--home]}} {{path/to/new_home}} {{username}}