NAME

adduser − create a login for a new user

SYNOPSIS

adduser loginid name userid logdir Yes/No

DESCRIPTION

Adduser is used to create a login for a new user and must be given the following arguments:

loginid This is the user’s login name.  It can be no longer than eight alphanumeric characters. 

name This is the user’s full name.  It identifies the person to whom the login is assigned.  If name contains spaces, it must be in quotes. 

userid This is the numerical user id that will be associated with the loginid.  It must be between 100 and 50000 and must be unique for each user. 

logdir This is the user’s home directory.  It must be a valid directory name and cannot already exist on the system.  Typically the user’s home directory matches the login name.  For example, the login "ams" might have a home directory of /usr/ams. 

Yes/No If the user will have system administration privileges. 

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