User Management- Linux

  • useradd: standard system command to add a user to the system.
  • adduser: script to add a user to the system.
  • userdel: delete a user account and optionally related files.
  • addgroup: script to add a group to the system.
  • delgroup: remove a group from the system.
  • usermod: modify a user account.
  • vipw
  • vigr

Adding Users to the System

The following hidden files are copied into the user’s home directory, and will be used to provide environment variables for his/her user session.

  1. .bash_logout
  2. .bash_profile
  3. .bashrc

Common Usage Example:

useradd -u 1006 -c "Nicole Ploof" -m -s /bin/bash nicolep

Although not necessary, you can specify a userid to fit your own system numbering schema.

adduser vs useradd

Adduser is not a standard Linux command. Adduser is not available on some Linux distributions. On others, it is a soft link to useradd. While on some others, it is a Perl script.

Both commands have a man page on most linux distributions

  • adduser, addgroup - add a user or group to the system
  • useradd - create a new user or update default new user information

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Last modified on 2 April 2020, at 15:26