Basic User Management

User accounts can be managed either through command-line tools or by using the VAdmin Web interface. This chapter focuses on user administration from the command line. See the section on the VAdmin Web interface for more information on performing Web based user administration.

From the command line, there are a number of super commands that are used to manage user accounts on your server:

Command:

Description:

vadduser

Adds a new user account to your virtual server

vlistuser

Displays a list of the user accounts on your virtual server.

vuserpriv

Allows you to grant special privileges to users by making them members of the special user groups.

vpasswd user

Allows you to change the password for user, even if you don’t know the user's current password.

vrmuser

Removes a user account from your virtual server.

These commands are explained further in the following sections.