oam/knowledge base/useradd.md

The useradd command

Creates new users.

Table of contents

1. TL;DR
2. Sources

TL;DR

# Create a new user.
sudo useradd username
sudo useradd -p encryptedPassword username

# Create a new user with the specified user ID.
sudo useradd --uid id username

# Create a new user with the specified expiration date.
sudo useradd -e 2022-10-10 username

# Create a new user with the specified shell.
sudo useradd --shell path/to/shell username

# Create a new user belonging to additional groups.
sudo useradd --groups group1,group2,... username

# Create a new user with or without its default home directory.
sudo useradd --create-home username
sudo useradd --no-create-home username

# Create a new user with the home directory filled by template directory files.
sudo useradd --skel path/to/template_directory --create-home username

# Create a new system user without the home directory.
sudo useradd --system username

Sources

• cheat.sh