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21st June 2007, 01:49 AM
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Create new user account in Ubuntu Linux from command line
Tutorial - How do I create new user account in Ubuntu Linux from command line?
Use useradd command create a new user or update default new user information from command line. Create sweta user account in Ubuntu Linux from command line, enter: Code:
useradd sweta Code:
passwd sweta
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Last edited by sweta; 21st June 2007 at 01:51 AM. 
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7th February 2010, 02:58 AM
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Login not successfull
As far as I experienced you are logged in for less than 10 seconds.
It says Your home directory is listed as: /home/scheiber but is does not appear to exist. When trying to acces the important files it says 'unsufficient privilege' How do i make the account fully operational? I only have the single user account and the root password Regards Arie
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7th February 2010, 11:30 AM
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Some distro configures useradd / adduser commands to create a directory while adding a user account. I suggest you use -m switch to create home directory for new user.
Code:
useradd -m -s /bin/bash userName passwd userName Code:
cd /home ls -l mkdir scheiber chmod 0700 scheiber chown -R scheiber:scheiber scheiber
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7th February 2010, 12:15 PM
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you can also define the home directory my appending -d following with the path of the directory..
for more detailed explanation on useradd command.. type man useradd in terminal 
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