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adduser — User addition utility. More information: <https://manned.org/adduser>.

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Problem

How to use the adduser command: User addition utility. More information: <https://manned.org/adduser>.

Solution

adduser — User addition utility. More information: <https://manned.org/adduser>.

Create a new user with a default home directory and prompt the user to set a password:
adduser {{username}}


Create a new user without a home directory:
adduser --no-create-home {{username}}


Create a new user with a home directory at the specified path:
adduser --home {{path/to/home}} {{username}}


Create a new user with the specified shell set as the login shell:
adduser --shell {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}


Create a new user belonging to the specified group:
adduser --ingroup {{group}} {{username}}

Code Snippets

Create a new user with a default home directory and prompt the user to set a password

adduser {{username}}

Create a new user without a home directory

adduser --no-create-home {{username}}

Create a new user with a home directory at the specified path

adduser --home {{path/to/home}} {{username}}

Create a new user with the specified shell set as the login shell

adduser --shell {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}

Create a new user belonging to the specified group

adduser --ingroup {{group}} {{username}}

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tldr-pages: linux/adduser

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