useradd

Create a new user. See also: users, userdel, usermod. More information: https://manned.org/useradd.

• Create a new user:

sudo useradd username

• Create a new user with the specified user ID:

sudo useradd -u|--uid id username

• Create a new user with the specified shell:

sudo useradd -s|--shell path/to/shell username

• Create a new user belonging to additional groups (mind the lack of whitespace):

sudo useradd -G|--groups group1,group2,... username

• Create a new user with the default home directory:

sudo useradd -m|--create-home username

• Create a new user with the home directory filled by template directory files:

sudo useradd -k|--skel path/to/template_directory -m|--create-home username

• Create a new system user without the home directory:

sudo useradd -r|--system username