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.\" A man page for luseradd
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.\" Author: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>
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.TH luseradd 1 "Jan 12 2005" libuser
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luseradd [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIuser\fR
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Adds an user with name \fIuser\fR.
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-gecos\fR=\fIgecos\fR
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Set the \f[SM]GECOS\fR field to \fIgecos\fR.
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The \f[SM]GECOS\fR field is traditionally used to store user's real name
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and other information.
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIdirectory\fR
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Set user's home directory to \fIdirectory\fR.
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If this option is not present,
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a default specified by
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configuration is used.
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-gid\fR=\fIgroup\fR
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Set user's primary group to \fIgroup\fR.
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\fIgroup\fR can either be a group ID of an existing group, or a group name;
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if \fIgroup\fR is a group name and the group does not exist,
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If the \fB\-\-gid\fR option is not specified,
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the default group name is \fIuser\fR.
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
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Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
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even if default answers are set up in
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-skeleton\fR=\fIdirectory\fR
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Populate the newly created user's home directory with a copy of
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If this option is not present,
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a default directory specified by
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configuration does not specify a default,
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\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-nocreatehome\fR
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Don't create a home directory and a mail spool for the newly created user.
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nocreategroup\fR
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If a group is not specified using \fB\-g\fR,
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use group name "users" instead of \fIuser\fR.
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Note that despite the name of the option,
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the group will still be created if it does not exist.
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\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-plainpassword\fR=\fIpassword\fR
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Set \fIuser\fR's password to \fIpassword\fR.
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Note that the password can be viewed while running
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-password\fR=\fIencrypted\fR
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Set \fIuser\fR's password to the password represented by the hash
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Note that the hash can be viewed while running
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reserved\fR
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The user is a system user.
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Users that are not marked as system user
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usually have automatically selected user IDs above a certain value
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This information is also passed to the
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This option implies the \fB\-M\fR option.
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shell\fR=\fIshell\fR
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Set user's login shell to \fIshell\fR.
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If this option is not present,
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a default specified by
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configuration is used.
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uid\fR=\fIuid\fR
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Use user ID \fIuid\fR for the newly created user.
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An user ID is selected automatically if this option is not present.
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The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
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