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To create a new user with sudo permission in Kali Linux
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Create new user in Linux
# Add user.
useradd -m username
# -m creates a home directory for the user.
# Set Password.
passwd username
# Set user group to sudo.
usermod -a -G sudo username
# -a option to add and ‘-G sudo’ means to add the user to the sudo group.
chsh -s /bin/bash username
# chsh command is used to change the login shell for a user.
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