July 2, 2024, 2:40 p.m. | Divine Chizoba Chukwu

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Streamlining User and Group Management with a Bash Script

In today's fast-paced development environments, efficiently managing user accounts and groups is paramount, especially when onboarding multiple new developers. As a SysOps engineer, creating a streamlined and automated process for user management can significantly enhance productivity and security. This article delves into a bash script designed to automate user creation, group assignment, home directory setup, and secure password generation, with comprehensive logging of all actions.


Script Overview

This bash …

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