Name

adduser, removeuser, addgroup − add and remove user accounts

Syntax

/etc/adduser
/etc/removeuser
/etc/addgroup

Description

The adduser command provides an interactive facility for adding new user accounts to the system password file. The adduser command also sets up a home directory with the files .cshrc, .login, and .profile from the /usr/skel directory for new users.

The interactive removeuser command deletes user accounts from the system password file. It also gives the option of deleting the user’s home directory and files.

The interactive addgroup command adds new groups to the /etc/group file.

Restrictions

The ‘name’ may contain only lower case ASCII characters a to z and the numbers 0 to 9. 

Files

/etc/utmp lock file

/etc/passwd password file

/etc/group group file

/usr/skel default files directory

See Also

passwd(1), passwd(5yp), vipw(8)