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Adding a new user

Check users that are logged

users

myuser

Creating a new user called "test"

sudo useradd -p -m test

The configuration file "useradd" sets options for this command:

sudo less /etc/default/useradd

# useradd defaults file for ArchLinux

# original changes by TomK

GROUP=users

HOME=/home

INACTIVE=-1

EXPIRE=

SHELL=/bin/bash

SKEL=/etc/skel

CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no

(END)

PS: should use "sudo" to see the file. And less() or more() will show the file

The following file contains a list of fields about each user:

 head -4 /etc/passwd

root❌0:0::/root:/bin/bash

bin❌1:1::/:/sbin/nologin

daemon❌2:2::/:/sbin/nologin

mail❌8:12::/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin

PS: head() is used to show only the first four lines.