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adduser:tldr:bb7e3
adduser: Create a new user with a home directory at the specified path.
$ adduser --home ${path-to-home} ${username}
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The given command is used to create a new user in a Linux system with a specific home directory and username. Let's break it down:
adduser
: This is the command that is used to add a new user to the system.--home ${path-to-home}
: This option specifies the path to the home directory for the new user. The${path-to-home}
placeholder needs to be replaced with the actual path.${username}
: This is the username for the new user that will be created.
For example, if you want to create a user named "john" with the home directory "/home/john", the command would look like:
adduser --home /home/john john
This command would create a new user named "john" with the home directory "/home/john".
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.