RHCSA Rapid Track
Course update
An updated version of this course is available that uses a newer version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the lab environment. Therefore, the RHEL 9.0 version of the lab environment will retire on December 31, 2024. Please complete any work in this lab environment before it is removed on December 31, 2024. For the most up-to-date version of this course, we recommend moving to the RHEL 9.3 version.
The user account types in Linux are the superuser, system users, and regular users.
A user has a primary group and might be a member of supplementary groups.
The
/etc/passwd,/etc/group, and/etc/shadowcritical files contain user and group information.You can run commands as the superuser with the
suandsudocommands.The
useradd,usermod, anduserdelcommands manage users.The
groupadd,groupmod, andgroupdelcommands manage groups.The
passwdcommand manages passwords for users.The
chagecommand displays and configures password expiration settings for users.
Lab Controls
Click CREATE to build all of the virtual machines needed for the classroom lab environment. This may take several minutes to complete. Once created the environment can then be stopped and restarted to pause your experience.
If you DELETE your lab, you will remove all of the virtual machines in your classroom and lose all of your progress.