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During the installation of Fedora Linux, the installer prompted for information to create a single user account for the system. The fact that Linux is free, tends to make us forget that it is actually an enterprise class, multi-user and multi-tasking operating system. In order to use the full power of Fedora Linux, therefore, it is likely that more than one user will need to be given access to the system. Each user should have their own user account login, password, home directory and privileges.
Users are further divided into groups for the purposes of easier administration and those groups can have different levels of privileges. For example, you may have a group of users who work in the Accounting department. In such an environment you may wish to create an ''accounts'' group and assign all the Accounting department users to that group.
In this chapter we will cover the steps to add, remove and manage users and groups on a Fedora Linux system.
