adduser

Interactive user creation (Debian)

medium risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Set a strong password or SSH key only access.

What it does

Friendly wrapper around useradd. See the flags and examples below, and run `man adduser` for the full reference.

Examples

adduser aliceCreate alice · explain & risk-check →

adduser --system --no-create-home svcService account · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Users, Permissions & Security

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man adduser for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.