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See ''man adduser'' for more options. NB. Maximum username length is 8 chars - although this script won't enforce it, it will stop many processes/tools from displaying the username properly. | See ''man adduser'' for more options. NB. Maximum username length is 8 chars - although this script won't enforce it, it will stop many processes/tools from displaying the username properly. | ||
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| + | To add a user to an existing group: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | sudo adduser user group | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 16 November 2007
To add a new user, run:
sudo adduser userid
To add a system user suitable for running daemon processes, run:
sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --group userid
See man adduser for more options. NB. Maximum username length is 8 chars - although this script won't enforce it, it will stop many processes/tools from displaying the username properly.
To add a user to an existing group:
sudo adduser user group
