How to get information about a user on Linux with the command line.

It is easy to get comprehensive information about a user on Linux by using the command line. I will show you how to see password expiry information and other details. This example shows the use of the chage command to retrieve password expiry information. 4.4 Mon Jan 13 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo chage -l jason … Read more

A simple shell script to create a new Linux user account.

This simple script will help create new user accounts on a Linux system. This is very useful when administering a Linux machine and it is necessary to create a few user accounts. #!/bin/bash   clear   trap "" SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM SIGTSTP   # Get username, check if its taken, and if it is the … Read more

Cloud based user accounts backup in Windows 8 Enterprise; how Linux could benefit from this sort of infrastructure.

I have just installed the Windows 8 Enterprise 90 day trial and first impressions are quite positive. After logging into Windows the first time using your Windows Live account your desktop is setup and then you are presented with a Metro interface. But when you format and re-install the operating system you only need to … Read more