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adduser

`adduser` command line is used to create a new user on Linux system.

Username

Specify the user's primary group (-g)

Specify additional groups to which the user belongs (-G)

Create the user's home directory (-m)

Do not create the user's home directory (-M)

Specify the user's home directory (-d)

Specify the UID when adding a user (-a)

Leave blank to assign a UID automatically

Comment field (-c)

Set the expiration date of the account (-e)

Do not perform any actual operation (-f)

Display help information (-h)

Use the specified directory to copy files from /etc/skel (-k)

Do not create a user group (-N)

Create a system user (-r)

Specify the user's default shell (-s)

Specify the user's UID (-u)

Set SELinux user mapping (-Z)

Examples

Create a new user and add them to an existing group:
```
sudo adduser username groupname
```
Create a new user and set their password during creation:
```
sudo adduser username --password password
```
Create a new user and add them to multiple groups:
```
sudo adduser username group1 group2 group3
```
Create a new user and specify their default shell:
```
sudo adduser username --shell /bin/bash
```
Create a new user and set the path for their home directory:
```
sudo adduser username --home /path/to/home
```
Create a new user and specify their UID:
```
sudo adduser username --uid UID
```
Create a new user and specify a comment field:
```
sudo adduser username --comment "comment"
```
Create a new user and add them to a new group:
```
sudo adduser username --ingroup groupname
```