usermod

Modifies attributes of a user account.

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Verified: 2025-09-22

Syntax

$usermod [OPTIONS] USER

Examples

$usermod -l newname john

$usermod -aG sudo john

Typical use cases

Standard usage

usermod --help

Note Provides wide options for user modification (groups, shell, home directory).

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