tldr/pages/common/usermod.md

# usermod

> Modifies a user account

- Change a user's name

`usermod -l {{newname}} {{user}}`

- Add user to supplementary groups (mind the whitespace)

`usermod -a -G {{group1,group2}} {{user}}`

- Create a new home directory for a user and move their files to it

`usermod -m -d {{/path/to/home}} {{user}}`
Added usermod page 2014-03-24 10:31:06 +00:00			`# usermod`

			`> Modifies a user account`

			`- Change a user's name`

			`usermod -l {{newname}} {{user}}`

			`- Add user to supplementary groups (mind the whitespace)`

			`usermod -a -G {{group1,group2}} {{user}}`

			`- Create a new home directory for a user and move their files to it`

Normalize the final new line Fixes #310 Some files had no newlines, some had 1 newline and some more than 1 newline. Normalize them all to have only 1 newline at the end of all files. 2015-10-28 08:33:06 +00:00			`usermod -m -d {{/path/to/home}} {{user}}`