tldr/pages/linux/usermod.md

# usermod

> Modifies a user account.

- Change a user's name:

`usermod -l {{newname}} {{user}}`

- Add user to supplementary groups (mind the whitespace):

`usermod -a -G {{group1,group2}} {{user}}`

- Create a new home directory for a user and move their files to it:

`usermod -m -d {{/path/to/home}} {{user}}`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Change a user's name:`
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			`usermod -l {{newname}} {{user}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Add user to supplementary groups (mind the whitespace):`
Added usermod page 2014-03-24 11:31:06 +01:00
			`usermod -a -G {{group1,group2}} {{user}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Create a new home directory for a user and move their files to it:`
Added usermod page 2014-03-24 11:31:06 +01:00
Normalize the final new line Fixes #310 Some files had no newlines, some had 1 newline and some more than 1 newline. Normalize them all to have only 1 newline at the end of all files. 2015-10-28 14:03:06 +05:30			`usermod -m -d {{/path/to/home}} {{user}}`