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siffux · 09-10-2001, 07:49 PM

What is the command for creating a user name in the Bash shell?????

sancho5 · 09-10-2001, 10:58 PM

Code:

useradd <username>

followed by

Code:

passwd <username>

will set up thier accounts, and a login password.
To modify user account settings, you can use

Code:

usermod <options> <username>

To remove a user account from the system, AND thier login directory, use

Code:

userdel -r <username>

HTH

ascii2k · 09-11-2001, 02:37 PM

adduser <username> also works.

rahul · 10-11-2001, 07:23 AM

adduser username will work fine

but i got problem with the default shell settings. i tried

adduser rahul

so it created a user by that name but the default shell entry in the passwd file was /dev/null

so better specify the shell also

adduser -s /bin/bash rahul

hope it will work for you also
it worked for me

regards

TimBeR · 10-11-2001, 07:40 AM

you can also try userconf wich is also a nice little semi GUI for adding users with a little more options then just useradd