Creating New Users in UNIX Machine !!!

skyineyes · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

Hi

How to create users in the UNIX machine ....

I am the ROOT and i want to create users with normal privileges .

a) Please give the sequence of commands which i need to use.

b) How to set their userid and passwords

nua7 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

Simple user

Code:

login as root 
adduser <username> 
-- this is sometimes useradd...you have to watch out depending on your flavour of unix
passwd <username> 
-- change the passwd for the user you have just added

.

More complex user

Code:

login as root 
adduser <username> -c <comment> -d <home directory of user> -g <primary group of this user> -G <a comma delimited list of groups to which this user belongs> -m -k <directory to make this new directory look like> -s <users shell>

passwd <username> 
-- change the passwd for the user you have just added

.

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mark54g · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

My I also suggest doing a "man" or "info" on the useradd command. My experience has shown that adduser is usually a symlink or alias to useradd.

_R3d · #4 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008

useradd is easier to use anyways. just prompts you for input.

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