Which Command Is Used to Create User in Linux?
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To add/create a new user, all you’ve to follow the command ‘useradd’ or ‘adduser’ with ‘username’. The ‘username’ is a user login name, that is used by user to login into the system.

What is user command in Linux?

users command in Linux system is used to show the user names of users currently logged in to the current host. It will display who is currently logged in according to FILE. … Example: users command without any option will print the users currently logged in.

What is the command to create a new user?

To create a user account from a shell prompt:

  1. Open a shell prompt.
  2. If you are not logged in as root, type the command su – and enter the root password.
  3. Type useradd followed by a space and the username for the new account you are creating at the command line (for example, useradd jsmith).
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