Powerful Linux ways to control users
Not every user on linux is equal and many times you would want to create a user but not only limit there access but maybe freeze there account or define for how long will there account be active. That's the main topic of this lesson.
To lock a user we would call this command:
usermod -L demo
and to unlock the user:
usermod -U demo
Notice that we are not deleting the account of the user but not letting the user in when we lock them out. We talked about deleting users a few lessons ago. Another powerful feature is setting an expiration date to a user:
usermod -e 2015-01-01 demo
now we updated the user demo to expire on january first 2015. We can extend that user at any point but once that date would reach the user account would be locked.
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How to Connect to your Server on Windows(via Putty SSH)
The way you connect to a linux server on windows and mac are different. Although both are through SSH you need to use different tools. While Mac comes with a built in SSH in its terminal on windows we
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Connecting to SSH with the Mac Terminal
In this video session we will explore the steps involved in using the Mac Terminal to connect to our server.
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Creating a new User and Password on Linux
We want to create a new linux user. In this session we will use two linux commands the passwd and the adduser to create a new user and give them a good password to keep our user safer from hackers.
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How to remove an unwanted linux user
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Understanding and Using Access Levels
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Defining Access using Linux Groups
The first step of deigning the access level of a group is very similar to the way we did it in the last lesson using visudu (we will see it in the video above). Followed by adding the user into the gr
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What are Access Levels on Linux
This session is dedicated to really understanding what the access levels we talked about throughout the last few lessons. It isn't mandatory but I strongly suggest you watch it as it will empower you
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Creating and Managing Groups
In this session we want to focus on creating a new group as we connect the dots with all the other commands we learned in the last few lessons.
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Powerful Linux ways to control users
Not every user on linux is equal and many times you would want to create a user but not only limit there access but maybe freeze there account or define for how long will there account be active.
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