[NCLUG] adding a new user

Mark Fassler fassler at monkeysoft.net
Wed Apr 3 11:22:57 MST 2002


On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:46:45AM -0700, Daniel Herrington wrote:
> What's the current simple way to add a new user on my RH7.2 box? 
> adduser?  useradd?  other?

Yes.  adduser == useradd

I normally do:

   adduser -c "First Lastname" loginname

I might specify a uid or group or something if I have a reason.

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Mark Fassler
fassler at monkeysoft.net



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