Create a user with a specific ID & Home Directory KodeKloud Engineer Task

Question :  For security reasons the xFusionCorp Industries security team has decided to use custom Apache users for each web application hosted, rather than its default user. This will be theApache user, so it shouldn't use the default home directory. Create the user as per requirements given below:

a. Create a user named yousuf on the App server 1 in Stratos Datacenter.

b. Set UID to 1128 and its home directory to /var/www/yousuf.

 Please Note :-  Perform the below commands based on your question server,  user name & other details that might differ. So please read the task carefully before executing it. All the Best 👍

Solution:  

1. Login on app server as per the task &  Switch to root user 

thor@jump_host /$ ssh tony@stapp01 The authenticity of host 'stapp01 (172.16.238.10)' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:G4hE4jjizKnDulV/G1nuw2Q7Jd8RXdccXG/HR7mGxe4. ECDSA key fingerprint is MD5:79:93:6b:e2:f5:bc:47:92:f0:f2:5d:73:46:ca:6b:f0. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'stapp01,172.16.238.10' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. tony@stapp01's password: [tony@stapp01 ~]$ sudo su - We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:     #1) Respect the privacy of others.     #2) Think before you type.     #3) With great power comes great responsibility. [sudo] password for tony: [root@stapp01 ~]#

2. Run the Below command to create a new user yousuf with UID

      ( Note -  check user name & ID in your task)

[root@stapp01 ~]# useradd -u 1128 yousuf [root@stapp01 ~]# [root@stapp01 ~]# id yousuf uid=1128(yousuf) gid=1128(yousuf) groups=1128(yousuf) [root@stapp01 ~]# [root@stapp01 ~]# cat /etc/passwd |grep yousuf yousuf:x:1128:1128::/home/yousuf:/bin/bash [root@stapp01 ~]#

3.  Post user creation run Below command to change user home directory.

     Refer mine youtube video for more details  ( check home directory in your task)

[root@stapp01 ~]# usermod -d /var/www/yousuf -m yousuf [root@stapp01 ~]# [root@stapp01 ~]# cat /etc/passwd |grep yousuf yousuf:x:1128:1128::/var/www/yousuf:/bin/bash [root@stapp01 ~]#

4. Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successfully

Happy Learning!!!!

Apart from this if you need more clarity,  I have made a  tutorial video on this , 

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