Add the user. In the following example, we will use the user name admin. The command adduser will automatically create the user, initial group, and home directory.
[root@root ~]# adduser admin
[root@root ~]# id admin
uid=10018(admin) gid=10018(admin) groups=10018(admin)
[root@root ~]# ls -lad /home/admin/
drwx—— 2 admin admin 4096 Jun 25 16:01 /home/admin/
Set the password for the admin user. When prompted, type and then retype the password.
[root@root ~]# passwd admin
Changing password for user admin.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@root ~]#
For sudo permissions for your new admin user, use the following command.
[root@root ~]# echo ‘admin ALL=(ALL) ALL’ >> /etc/sudoers
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