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Is there a graphical tool that shows (edits) all users and groups on the system, so that one can avoid editing /etc/passwd and /etc/group directly?
GNOME Settings (gnome-control-center) Users view lets only see desktop users and no groups at all.
system-config-users)system-config-users is a tool developed by Red Hat and included in RHEL/CentOS 7.
That is available from the base install, but it not installed by default so you have to manually do a
yum install system-config-users
to have it available.
That will then provide a Users and Groups entry under Sundry within the Applications menu.
Otherwise at the prompt type system-config-users to get this user manager gui to pop up. Under preferences there is a checkbox for hide system users & groups so uncheck that to see everything listed in /etc/passwd within the gui.
system-config-users can be found as system-config-users-1.3.5-4.el7.noarch.rpm and can be freely obtained from one of the centos or fedora repositories. And I think this can also obtained via doing
yum groupinstall "Graphical Administration Tools"
And if you are using SuSE then I would use there YAST - users utility.
There is an AUR package.
Ubuntu provides a perl package named gnome-system-tools {which I am not familiar with}
Programs satisfying the requirements are:
system-config-users), developed by Red Hat, included in RHEL/CentOS 7, has SELinux build dependency, deprecated.[1][2][3]kuser), developed by KDE project, included in 4.x versions, unmantained.[4]Mostly identical, after installed they will be accessed under the Users and Groups (KUser) entry under Sundry (System tools) within the Applications menu.
Otherwise at the prompt type their command_name to get the user manager gui to pop up.
system-config-users)
Under preferences there is a checkbox for hide system users & groups so uncheck that to see everything listed in /etc/passwd within the gui.
Archlinux: AUR package
CentOS: available from the base install, but it not installed by default so you have to manually do a
yum install system-config-users
to have it available.
Fedora: system-config-users can be found as system-config-users-1.3.5-4.el7.noarch.rpm and can be freely obtained from one of the centos or fedora repositories. And I think this can also obtained via doing (depending on the version)
yum groupinstall "Graphical Administration Tools"
Suse: I would use there YAST - users utility.
Ubuntu: never packaged it.
kuser)
Archlinux: AUR package.
They do not show all users/groups:
Cockpit,
the CentOS 8.x replacement to system-config-users.[5]
webmin, more a system management tool for the browser than just an users/groups manager.
Users and Groups (gnome-system-tools) lets you see all groups but not all users, while
gnome-control-center) only users and no groups.You could try this as a KISS alternative: https://github.com/zhuyaliang/user-admin ("MATE User Manager").
It's on RPM as mate-user-admin. It doesn't seem to be packaged on Ubuntu.
system-config-users.