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adduser:tldr:81602
adduser: Create a new user with the specified shell set as the login shell.
$ adduser --shell ${path-to-shell} ${username}
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The adduser
command is used to create a new user account on a Linux system. Let's break down the given command:
adduser
: This is the command itself, used to create a new user.--shell ${path-to-shell}
: This option allows you to specify the desired login shell for the new user. The${path-to-shell}
should be replaced with the actual path to the shell binary or interpreter (e.g., /bin/bash). The user's shell defines the command interpreter they use when they log in.${username}
: This is the username for the new user account. It should be replaced with the desired username for the new user.
To summarize, the given command creates a new user account with the specified username and assigns the shell specified by ${path-to-shell}
to the user.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.