Adding and managing users without user management commands

Method 1: The GUI interface can be used to manage users in CentOS. In your Linux box: 1. Click on System, which appears on the top bar of your

desktop. 2. Click on Administration. 3. Click on Users and Groups. 4. The User Manager Interface will be displayed. 5. Here, you can use the Add User option to create new

users with specific configurations. 6. To modify the configurations of existing users, click on the name of a user and click Properties. Here you can update the basic user settings, account settings, password aging and group membership management (see Figure 4). 7. To delete a user, simply select a user from the list and

click the Delete button. 8. Similarly, groups can be managed from the ‘Groups’ tab. 5. Copy the generated hashed password. 6. Now, open the /etc/shadow file and make the following entry:

The values may be modified as required for password aging. 7. Now, give the new users permission on their home

directory as follows: 8. Make test2 as the user owner and

of this home directory:

test1

as the group owner