usermod

Modifies a user account. See also: users, useradd, userdel. More information: <https://manned.org/usermod>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/usermod.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install passwd
Ubuntu
apt-get install passwd
Image Alpine
apk add shadow
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S shadow
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install passwd
Fedora
dnf install shadow-utils-2
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install passwd
Raspbian
apt-get install passwd
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/usermod usermod powered by Commando

Modifies a user account. See also: users, useradd, userdel. More information: <https://manned.org/usermod>.

  • Change a username:
    sudo usermod --login new_username username
  • Change a user id:
    sudo usermod --uid id username
  • Change a user shell:
    sudo usermod --shell path/to/shell username
  • Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace):
    sudo usermod --append --groups group1,group2,... username
  • Change a user home directory:
    sudo usermod --move-home --home path/to/new_home username

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