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<H1><A NAME="SECTION001000000000000000000">Managing user accounts</A></H1>
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The similarities of sysadmins and drug dealers: <BR>
both measure stuff in K's, and both have users. <BR>
(Old, tired computer joke.) <BR>
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This chapter explains how to create new user accounts, how to
modify the properties of those accounts, and how to remove the
accounts. Different Linux systems have different tools for
doing this.
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<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR>
Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I>
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