Linux is a multi-user environment, which means more than one user can use the system at one time. Granted, that mostly takes the form of console access (via SSH), because you can't easily have two ...

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Adding a user with admin privileges on Linux is easier than you think. Jack Wallen shows you how. If you’re a Linux system admin, you probably find yourself scrambling to keep everything in check ...