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Deleting and Disabling Linux Accounts, Part 1 of 4 (Finding Files)

Shell scripting concepts covered in this lesson:

  • Deleting users with the userdel command.

  • Expiring and locking accounts with the chage command.

  • How to find commands not in your PATH.

  • Using the locate and find commands.

  • Matching patterns with the grep command.

  • Using the !! and !$ event designators to speed up your workflow at the command line.

  • UID for system accounts and normal user accounts.

  • Creating and restoring backups and archives with the tar command.

  • How to compress files with gzip and uncompress them with gunzip.

  • Why not to lock accounts with the passwd command or by using the nologin shell.

Skills that you will get in this material