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Linux CLI 20 🐧 chgrp, chown and passwd commands

chgrp stands for change group
It is used to change one group's or file's ownership
adds a group. In some distros it can be addgroup
It changes the group of 1.txt file
You can change the group to multiple files
It changes the group for d2 directory and the files within it
It changes the group for 1.txt file using the group of a

chown stands for change owner
it is used to change the ownership of files and directories
it changes the owner of 1.txt to root
it changes the owner of a to root and gives a feedback
It changes the owner of d3 directory and the files within it
You can also change the owner and the group by using user:group
it changes the owner and the group for log.txt

List the users on the system
It displays information about specific user password
passwd -l username → it locks the password for a specific user
passwd -u username → it unlocks the password for a specific user
passwd -d username → it deletes the user password
passwd -e username → it expires the user password
passwd -n 5 username → set the days of password expiration

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