If you're new to Linux administration, Jack Wallen shows you a skill you'll definitely need to have--creating directories from the command line interface.

Let's find out how. Requirements The process of creating users and groups from the command is the same, regardless of which Linux distribution you use, so it doesn't matter which distro you use.

Instead, a command line trick will create the complete intermediate directory path in one fell swoop. Building a nested directory structure the easy way requires the usage of the familiar mkdir ...

Here's a quick guide to adding users and groups, and then how to add users to groups, all from the command line on the Linux platform.