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Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

Psalms 100:3 (BBE)
New User


The graphical way to manage Users & Groups is to install GNOME System Tools. It’s a 3-in-1 package that will also install Date and Time as well as Shares (NFS and Samba).

Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install gnome-system-tools -y


1.
 Go to Menu > System > Users and Groups (it will also be available at Menu > Settings > Users and Groups)

Users & Groups


2.
 Click the [Add] button, enter your password and click the [Authenticate] button

Authenticate


3. Type in the Name and the Username and click the [OK] button

Create a New User

4. Choose to set the password/passphrase by hand or have it generated for you. Check the check box if you don’t want the new user’s password to be asked for on login. Click the [OK] button.

Set Password/Passphrase


5. Click the [Advanced Settings] button

Click [Advanced Settings] button


5. Fill out Contact Information (optional)

Fill out Contact Information


6. Check User Privileges check boxes (optional)

Check User Privileges check boxes


7. Change settings in the Advanced tab (optional)

Advanced (optional) Settings


GNOME System Tools are free and open source packages licensed under GPL-2.0


If you’d like the new user to have sudo privileges as well, you may add them to the sudo group

Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:
sudo usermod -aG sudo username

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