How to create a user and add them to a group in Ubuntu?

To create a user and add them to a group in Ubuntu, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and login with root privileges. You can use the following command to switch to the root user:
sudo -i
  1. The user named
adduser <username>

You will be asked to create a password and provide some user information.

  1. What is the name of the group?
  2. Can you rephrase the following sentence in English, using your own words, ?
usermod -aG <groupname> <username>

Please make sure to use the “-aG” parameter instead of “-g” to add users to a group rather than replace the group.

  1. Repeat step 3 to add the user to another group (if necessary).
  2. Exit the root user.
exit

You have now successfully created a user and added them to the group. You can now log in to Ubuntu using the newly created user.

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