Add a new user (with supporting info) $ adduser userid follow prompts Login a terminal as another user $ su userid List users & groups they're in $ groups $ groups userid Add/delete group $ sudo groupadd group $ sudo groupdel group List groups (& members in) $ getent group $ getent group group Set a user's secondary group(s) $ sudo usermod -Ggroup(s) userid Append to a user's secondary group(s) $ sudo usermod -a -Ggroups userid Set a user's primary group $ sudo usermod -ggroup userid List directory contents with permissions $ ls -l List directory recursively $ ls -R Change file permissions / user owner / group owner $ sudo chmod options permissions filename(s) $ sudo chown userid filename(s) $ sudo chgrp group filename(s)