User Management

Tiger City IMX Industrial Computer with Linux OS

Default user

The default user in Tiger is the only one available after the first boot.

• login: root
• no password

Create new users

In order to list all existing users in the system use the following command:

awk -F':' '{print $1}' /etc/passwd

To add a new user and create a home directory for it use the following command:

sudo useradd -m user_name

To verify that the user was created and view the user’s details use:

sudo id user_name

To set a new password for the user use the following command:

sudo passwd user_name

After that, logging in as a new user will be possible. The current user can be checked with the "whoami" command.

Delete users

A user and its home directory can be deleted with the following command:

sudo userdel -r user_name