Linux user creation advanced

Linux User Creation

To add a user to linux use the below command

→ $ useradd username

ex: useradd rao

To add password to the user

→ $ passwd username

ex: passwd rao

To check the user got created

→ $ cat /etc/passwd or tail -1 /etc/passwd

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To create a user with a home directory

→ $ useradd lakshmi

To check home directory created

— . $ ll /home | grep lakshmi

To create a user with different home directory

→ $ useradd -m -d /ram ram

To check a user with different home directory created

→ $ ll / | grep ram