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useradd

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- useradd
useradd:tldr:3ff7a useradd: Create a new user with the specified user id.

$ sudo useradd --uid ${id} ${username}

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useradd:tldr:5c99f useradd: Create a new user with the home directory filled by template directory files.

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

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useradd:tldr:5db97 useradd: Create a new user with the specified shell.

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

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useradd:tldr:6f755 useradd: Create a new system user without the home directory.

$ sudo useradd --system ${username}

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useradd:tldr:7d55d useradd: Create a new user.

$ sudo useradd ${username}

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useradd:tldr:90d53 useradd: Create a new user with the default home directory.

$ sudo useradd --create-home ${username}

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useradd:tldr:f7ef3 useradd: Create a new user belonging to additional groups (mind the lack of whitespace).

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

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