adding a user in the command line

Daredevil · 02-27-2004, 08:31 AM

Hey guys,

I need help, can u send me a link iwht the correct sytax for adding a new user? Or someone just tell me how. I'm going to buy the redhat linux 9 bible tonght.

Any help?
Thanks,
Daredevil

Baldrick65 · 02-27-2004, 08:45 AM

useradd. Type "man useradd" for more details.

And welcome to LinuxQuestions.org

Baldrick

Oliv' · 02-27-2004, 08:47 AM

see these 2 links:
http://www.zevils.com/cgi-bin/man/ma...adduser.conf+5
http://www.zevils.com/cgi-bin/man/man2html?adduser+8

Daredevil · 02-27-2004, 09:15 AM

This is what i need to do
I need to create a username of phpuser and the pass of php user, everytime i try this it always kicks back errors.

can someone give me an example?

Thanks,
Daredevil

Oliv' · 02-27-2004, 09:33 AM

A typical example would be:
adduser --shell /bin/bash --uid 1000 phpuser
and if you don't want to create /home/phpuser directory, use --no-create-home option

Tap-Out · 02-27-2004, 12:56 PM

If you're just looking to simply add a user, using the command do the following as root:

Code:

useradd phpguy

This will add the user "phpguy". This can be changed to whatever you want the username to be. To set the password for "phpguy"

Code:

passwd phpguy

This will prompt you for a new password for "phpguy" and ask you to confirm it.

Hope this helps.

Tap

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