How do you add user using the terminal?

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How do you add a user in ubuntu using the terminal

Duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/q/410244/380067. – kos Jan 20 '16 at 10:43 — kos, Jan 20 '16 at 10:43

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 10:38

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Here are the commands to add a new user with the username "newuser"

sudo adduser newuser

sudo passwd newuser

answered Jan 20 '16 at 10:38

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 10:41

You can do it with the useradd command. Just issue:

sudo useradd new-username

Replacing new-username with the name you want.

Now let's set new-usernames's password:

sudo passwd new-username

You'll be prompted to type the new password twice. Nothing will be displayed on the screen while you do it.

If you want your user to be in groups such as sudo, volume, etc. you'll have to do it manually.

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