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- adduser - add a user to the system
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- adduser [ options ] aname
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- adduser adds an account whose name is given by aname to the system.
- A + in the name of the account name or a group name will be replaced by a space character.
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- -c command
- Added to fullname for the comment field.
- -f name
- Full name for the owner of the aname account.
- -h home
- Set the home directory to dir. The default value is /home/aname.
- -n
- Show the commands that would be executed but don't execute them.
- -m
- Create the users home directory.
- -p passwd
- The initial password for the account. If the value is * you will be prompted for
the password. The default value is aname123.
- -g gid
- The default group for the new user. This argument may be repeated to add membership to
multiple groups. The default value is Users.
- -s shell
- The default shell for the new user The default value is /bin/ksh.
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- 0
- Success.
- >0
- An error occurred.
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- passwd(1), chsh(1)
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- version
- adduser (AT&T Labs Research) 2002-02-21
- author
- David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
- copyright
- Copyright © 1997-2010 AT&T Intellectual Property
- license
- http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt