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Create a User
Both adduser
and useradd
can be used to create a new user.
adduser
is interactive while useradd
is non-interactive.
It is suggested that you use useradd
in batch mode
and adduser
in non-batch mode.
useradd -o -m -u -g -d
groupadd -o -g
Group
Add a user to a group.
gpasswd -a user_name group_name
Get information about a group.
getent group group_name
getent group group_id