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adduser

Adds a new user (Debian/Ubuntu specific).

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Syntax
$adduser [OPTIONS] USER
Examples
Examples
$adduser john
Examples
$adduser --home /home/john john
Distro comparison

Create user

Create local user accounts.

Ubuntu: adduser Debian: adduser Arch: useradd Fedora: useradd CentOS: useradd SUSE: useradd FreeBSD: pw AIX: mkuser
Typical use cases
Standard usage
adduser --help
Detailed Help
man adduser
Note Interactive tool for user creation. See also useradd for the standard command.
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