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Creating a new user#

Create a new user#

The first step is to create a new user. This requires root privileges. You can run the following command:

sudo adduser <username>

[Optional] Add the new user to the sudo group#

Once the user is created, you can add the user to the sudo group. This will allow the user to run commands with root privileges. This is not required, other things should work even if this does not. You can run the following command:

sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>

Add the new user to the docker group#

We have set up a docker group to allow users to run docker commands without root privileges12. You can add the new user to the docker group by running the following command:

sudo usermod -aG docker <username>

  1. stackoverflow/33596140 ↩

  2. Linux post-installation steps for Docker Engine ↩