Basic Unix Commands

• diplay current working directory % pwd
• display current directories % ls
• go up one directory % cd ..
• navigate into a directory % cd/nameOfDirectory
• determine what group a user belongs to % groups
• create a directory % mkdir nameOfDirectory
• change password % passwd
• change ownership of a file % chown nameOfNewOwner nameOfFile

Adding a user to a group and creating a public_html directory

1. login as root
2. % useradd -g nameOfGroup nameOfUser
3. % passwd nameOfUser
4. login as user
5. go up 1 directory
6. change user permissions to 755 % chmod 755 nameOfUser
7. go in user directory
8. % mkdir public_html (make sure folder permissions are set to 755)

Removing a User from a Group

1. login as root
2. remove user's directory -> % rm -r nameOfUser
3. delete username % userdel nameOfUser