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Sudo non-root user creation in linux
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linux_user_creation.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ANSI color codes
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color
RED='\033[0;31m'
username=$1
fullname=$2
password=$3
echo ${username}
# Create the user
if adduser --disabled-password --gecos "${fullname}" "${username}"; then
echo -e "${GREEN}User ${username} created successfully.${NC}"
else
echo -e "${RED}Failed to create user ${username}.${NC}"
exit 1
fi
# Set the password for the user
echo "${username}:${password}" | chpasswd
# add in sudo group
usermod -aG sudo "${username}"
# user info
echo -e "${GREEN}\xE2\x9C\x94${NC} Creation of a sudo non-root user done."
echo -e "Username: ${username}\nPassword: ${password}"
# SSH login
ip=$(curl -s ifconfig.me)
echo -e "SSH Login: ssh ${username}@${ip}\n"
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