adduser(1M)                                                     adduser(1M)

NAME
     adduser - add a new user login to the system

SYNOPSIS
     /sbin/adduser login fullname userid homedirectory [privileges]

DESCRIPTION
     The adduser command adds a user to the system, by creating an entry
     for the user in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, setting up the
     user's home directory, creating a default .profile file (if applica-
     ble), and setting up an initial password for the user.

     The values of login, fullname, userid and homedirectory are all
     entered into the /etc/passwd file. login is the user's login name
     which must be unique to the system, contain a maximum of eight charac-
     ters, and consist of numbers and lowercase letters. fullname is the
     user's full name which can be a maximum of 25 characters long, and can
     consist of letters, numbers and periods. userid is the user's unique
     ID number which must be within the range of 100 to 50000.
     homedirectory is the user's home directory. homedirectory must be
     unique to the system, contain 14 characters or less, and consist of
     letters, numbers, and periods. The adduser command also sets a default
     group ID of 1 for the user in the /etc/passwd file. The password
     information is entered in /etc/shadow.

     If the value of the variable privileges is Yes, the user will be given
     system administration privileges. If this option is not used, or any
     value other than Yes is given, no privileges will be assigned.

NOTES
     Recommend using useradd(1M) instead of adduser.

FILES
     /etc/passwd

     /etc/shadow

     /etc/.useradm

     /etc/stdprofile

SEE ALSO
     deluser(1M), passmgmt(1M), useradd(1M).












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