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    HOW TO: Creating new users in Ubuntu Linux from the command line

    November 24, 2009
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    This how to is written because I have had to look this up like 3 times already, and I wanted a central place where I could return and find the info. I found a good tutorial that I will copy for the most part in this post:

    Creating Linux Users Tutorial

    For this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu 8.04

    To create the user account:

    useradd username

    Set a password for this user

    passwd username

    Important Files (I hope to expand on this later on when I dig into them)

    • /etc/passwd – User account information.
    • /etc/shadow – Secure user account information such as password.
    • /etc/group – Group account information.
    • /etc/default/useradd – Default values for account creation.
    • /etc/skel/ – Directory containing default files.
    • /etc/login.defs – Shadow password suite configuration.
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