adduser(8) System Manager's Manual adduser(8)
Name
adduser, removeuser, addgroup - add and remove user accounts
Syntax
/etc/adduser
/etc/removeuser
/etc/addgroup
Description
The command provides an interactive facility for adding new user accounts to the system password file.
The command also sets up a home directory with the files and from the directory for new users.
The interactive command deletes user accounts from the system password file. It also gives the option of deleting the user's home direc-
tory and files.
The interactive command adds new groups to the file.
Restrictions
The `name' can contain only lower case ASCII characters a to z and the numbers 0 to 9.
Files
Lock file
Password file
Group file
Default files directory
See Also
passwd(1), passwd(5yp), vipw(8)
adduser(8)
