Question

How to add a user in ubuntu 16.04 with only one single line with useradd

Posted on June 23, 2017
Linux Commands Ubuntu
Asked by Ergi Ymeri

Hello everyone has anyone idea how to add a user with only one line in ubuntu 16.04 with useradd. I want this for creating an web app using php. Thanks for replying.

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Ergi Ymeri • June 23, 2017

Accepted Answer

Not a lot @jtittle i mean to add for example useradd username password like this

Jonathan Tittle

DigitalOcean Employee

• June 23, 2017

@ymeriergi

The shortest way would be:

useradd username

Where username is the username of the user you’re trying to add, i.e:

useradd sammy

After running the above command, a new basic user named sammy will be added to the system.

That said, the only adds a user to the system. That’s all that command is intended for, though there are a few other options, such as setting the users’ home directory, shell, etc.

Changes to the user can be done using usermod.

Let me know if that helps :-).