Tag: Sudo

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS provides you the ability to add a user for anyone who plans on accessing your server.  Creating a user is a basic setup but an important and critical one for your server security. In this tutorial, we will create a user and grant administrative access, known as root, to your trusted user.

What is Discourse?

Discourse is modern forum software that can be easily installed on your Ubuntu-based Liquid Web VPS or Dedicated server to create a vibrant community-driven discussion board. Some of the more popular companies using Discourse to power their communities are New Relic, Cloudflare, and Docker.

User management includes removing users who no longer need access, removing their username and any associate root privileges are necessary for securing your Ubuntu based Cloud VPS server. Deleting a user’s access to your Linux server is a typical operation which can easily be performed using a few commands.  

Pre-Flight Check

• These instructions are intended specifically for removing a user on Ubuntu 15.04.
• I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Ubuntu 15.04 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

Pre-Flight Check

• These instructions are intended specifically for adding a user on Fedora 22.
• I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 22 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

Pre-Flight Check

• These instructions are intended specifically for removing a user on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
• I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

• These instructions are intended specifically for removing a user on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
• I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

• These instructions are intended specifically for removing a user on Fedora 21.
• I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 21 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.