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Initial user setup on a CentOS box
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Add user
# Create a new user (CentOS will create /home/admin as well)
adduser admin
# Assign the user a new password
passwd admin
# Add the user to the "wheel" group
usermod -a -G wheel admin
# Edit the /etc/sudoer file (requires knowledge of vi)
visudo
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