Useradd
lastmod 2026-05-29created 2014-09-1816 edits
Adds a new user.
HELP MESSAGE
-b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the home directory of the new account
-c, --comment COMMENT GECOS field of the new account
-d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory of the new account
-D, --defaults print or change default useradd configuration
-e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE expiration date of the new account
-f, --inactive INACTIVE password inactivity period of the new account
-g, --gid GROUP name or ID of the primary group of the new account
-G, --groups GROUPS list of supplementary groups of the new account
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-k, --skel SKEL_DIR use this alternative skeleton directory
-K, --key KEY=VALUE override /etc/login.defs defaults
-l, --no-log-init do not add the user to the lastlog and faillog databases
-m, --create-home create the user's home directory
-M, --no-create-home do not create the user's home directory
-N, --no-user-group do not create a group with the same name as the user
-o, --non-unique allow to create users with duplicate (non-unique) UID
-p, --password PASSWORD encrypted password of the new account
-r, --system create a system account
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into
-s, --shell SHELL login shell of the new account
-u, --uid UID user ID of the new account
-U, --user-group create a group with the same name as the user
-Z, --selinux-user SEUSER use a specific SEUSER for the SELinux user mapping
Creating a new user
| INFORMATION |
| The main way to use it |
## -U, --user-group 사용자명과 동일한 그룹을 생성한다.
## -m, --create-home 사용자 홈 디렉토리를 생성한다.
## -s /bin/bash 로그인할 기본 쉘을 지정한다. (이게 없으면 자동완성이 안된다)
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -U -m -p [PASSWORD] [USERNAME]
If you want to add the user to the wheel group:
If sudo privileges have not been added, modify the permissions using visudo or sudoedit.
Or add a file as follows:
echo "[USERNAME] ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/[USERNAME]
chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/[USERNAME]
Note: do not add the user to the sudo group like this
Remove the previously used, unneeded user and files as follows.
Create a user in docker group
See also
- Linux
- Linux:User
- adduser: Handles the user's home directory and user group password interactively. (Creates the default account information as well)
- useradd: The user environment must be specified as options when running the command. (Only creates the account; other information must be created and configured manually)
- groupadd