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  1. What is the difference between adduser and useradd?

    Sep 15, 2013 · Like adduser(8) is more userfriendly and creates and set up a user by default the way you expect. And useradd(8) only do what you ask, so do you want a home directory …

  2. What do the different adduser options (-m, -c and -s) do?

    Jul 8, 2024 · What's the difference between these two commands? sudo adduser Alex and sudo adduser -m -c "Alex Hales" -s /bin/bash Alex The first command is simple and …

  3. How can I add a user as a new sudoer using the command line?

    Just add the user to the sudo group: sudo adduser <username> sudo The change will take effect the next time the user logs in. This works because /etc/sudoers is pre-configured to grant …

  4. adduser command in Linux - LinuxOPsys

    Feb 20, 2024 · Here learn about adduser command in Linux with examples. It is a more user-friendly version of useradd that is typically used on Debian-based systems.

  5. What do the `--disabled-login` and `--gecos` options of `adduser ...

    Feb 14, 2014 · The command is this: sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'GitLab' git taken from Gitlab installation Tutorial. I would like to understand that command correctly. For me I thought …

  6. adduser - Create the home directory while creating a user - Ask …

    I have added user using the adduser command, but a directory with is new user name is not created in /home, and I'm also not able to run any command with this user. After logging from …

  7. linux - How to add users to Docker container? - Stack Overflow

    I tried adding RUN adduser uwsgi and RUN adduser celery to my Dockerfile, but this is causing problems, since these commands prompt for input (I've posted the responses from the build …

  8. adduser - Adding a new user on Ubuntu server - Ask Ubuntu

    I have been trying to add a new user. I typed in adduser then username and also tried useradd then username. It does seem to add a user, but when I login I only get a dollar sign instead of …

  9. Run adduser non-interactively - Ask Ubuntu

    Apr 5, 2015 · I'd like to use the adduser command to add a user (with disabled password) via a shell script. By default, adduser prompts you for various values (e.g., Full Name). Is there any …

  10. How do I add a user when I'm using Alpine as a base image?

    530 Alpine uses the command adduser and addgroup for creating users and groups (rather than useradd and usergroup). FROM alpine:latest # Create a group and user RUN addgroup -S …