adduser

linux

User addition utility.

Examples (5)

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