Linux useradd Command- To add, create new user, home directory, user name, account, cmd Example

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Topic

What is Linux useradd Command?

Explanation

useradd COMMAND:
     useradd - Adds new user to the linux system, with specified user-name. When a new user is added then a corresponding entry is made in files /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow

SYNTAX:
  The Syntax is
     useradd [options] [username]

OPTIONS:

-d	Specifies the users home directory
-s	Specifies the users shell
-g	Specifies the users primary group
-G	Specifies the users secondary groups
-M	Specifies not to create home directory for the user
-e	Specifies the expire date of the user
-uid	Specifies the user-id of the user

EXAMPLE:

To add new user:
```
useradd hiox
```
This command will add a new user with name hiox.
To add user but not allow to login in the system:
```
useradd -s /bin/nologin hiox
```
This command will add user hiox but not allow to login.

In above command:

hiox -Is the user-name

/bin/nologin -Is Shell assigned to the user
To set expire date of the user:
```
useradd -e 2008-06-30 hiox
```
This command will add user hiox and set the expire date to 2008-06-30.

In above command:

hiox -Is the user-name

2008-06-30 -Is date on which the user-account will be expired
To create user without creating home directory:
```
useradd -M hiox
```
The above command will create user hiox but home directory will not be created.

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