useradd

Create a new user.

See also: `users`, `userdel`, `usermod`.

• Create a new user:

sudo useradd {username}

• Create a new user with the specified user id:

sudo useradd --uid {id} {username}

• Create a new user with the specified shell:

sudo useradd --shell {path/to/shell} {username}

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

sudo useradd --groups {group1,group2,...} {username}

• Create a new user with the default home directory:

sudo useradd --create-home {username}

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

sudo useradd --skel {path/to/template_directory} --create-home {username}

• Create a new system user without the home directory:

sudo useradd --system {username}

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