useradd Command Examples

Create a new user. See also: users, userdel, usermod. More information: https://manned.org/useradd.

• Create a new user:

sudo useradd {{username}}

• Create a new user with the specified user ID:

sudo useradd {{-u|--uid}} {{id}} {{username}}

• Create a new user with the specified shell:

sudo useradd {{-s|--shell}} {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}

• Create a new user belonging to additional groups (mind the lack of whitespace):

sudo useradd {{-G|--groups}} {{group1,group2,...}} {{username}}

• Create a new user with the default home directory:

sudo useradd {{-m|--create-home}} {{username}}

• Create a new user with the home directory filled by template directory files:

sudo useradd {{-k|--skel}} {{path/to/template_directory}} {{-m|--create-home}} {{username}}

• Create a new system user without the home directory:

sudo useradd {{-r|--system}} {{username}}