useradd
useradd
[1] - create a new user or update default new user information
- Man page: https://linux.die.net/man/8/useradd
useradd -m YOUR_USERNAME -s /bin/bash -m --create-home
Contents
Add user using Ansible
- user: name: YOUR_USER_NAME shell: /bin/bash groups: sudo append: yes password_lock: yes
Add user using bash
Example creating a user in Ubuntu with bash shell, ~/.ssh directory and part of group sudo using useradd
[2] command:
#!/bin/bash USERNAME="Your_user_name" # Create user and add to sudo group useradd --create-home -s /bin/bash $USERNAME sudo usermod -aG sudo $USERNAME #Create ssh directory and lock password login mkdir /home/$USERNAME /home/$USERNAME/.ssh chown $USERNAME.$USERNAME /home/$USERNAME /home/$USERNAME/.ssh passwd -l $USERNAME
passwd -l $USERNAME
// for disabling password loginpasswd -u $USERNAME
// will unlock account if needed
After creating user you can copy ssh key using ssh-copy-id and modifying sudo for giving new user privileges.
useradd command
useradd
[3] command.
-m --create-home -M, --no-create-home -N, --no-user-group -s --shell
useradd -m YOUR_USERNAME -s /bin/bash
You can also consider activating passwordless sudo for your accounts.
Related commands
jailkit
,ChrootDirectory
passwd
userdel
,usermod
adduser
(BusyBox)groups
,chgrp
- Cisco IOS: username
- Sftp configuration
- FreeIPA:
ipa user-add
- macOS:
dscl . -create /Users/USERNAME_HERE
See also
- macOS:
sysadminctl
sudo
,id
,visudo
,useradd
,userdel
,usermod
,groups
,passwd
,chown
,chmod
,chgrp
,groupadd
,groupdel
, Passwordless sudo, passwd (package),sudo --help
- OpenSSH (changelog):
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
|/etc/ssh/ssh_config
|~/.ssh/
|openSSL | sshd logs
|sftp
|scp
|authorized_keys
|ssh-keygen
|ssh-keyscan
|ssh-add
|ssh-agent
|ssh
|Ssh -O stop
|ssh-copy-id
|CheckHostIP
|UseKeychain
, OpenSSF - Ansible: User ssh access
groups
orid
commands to list groups of a user. sudousermod -a -G root USERNAME
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