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  1. What is the difference between adduser and useradd?

    Sep 15, 2013 · 564 useradd is native binary compiled with the system. But, adduser is a perl script which uses useradd binary in back-end. adduser is more user friendly and interactive …

  2. What does adduser do that useradd doesn't? - Unix & Linux Stack …

    Most of the answers essentially say that adduser provides nicer interface for adding users interactively, but don't give much detail on what happens when adduser is run that doesn't …

  3. Difference between adduser and usermod -G -a - Ask Ubuntu

    Mar 4, 2018 · What is the difference between adduser user_name group_name and usermod -G -a user_name group_name At first glance they seems to do the same thing : add a user to a …

  4. What's the difference between 'useradd' and 'adduser'?

    Jan 5, 2011 · Manpage for useradd says: useradd is a low level utility for adding users. On Debian, administrators should usually use adduser(8) instead. See also: What's the difference …

  5. Should I use useradd or adduser? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    May 15, 2013 · I am trying to add a new user to the system. I am confused though which command to run: useradd or adduser?

  6. What do the different adduser options (-m, -c and -s) do?

    Jul 8, 2024 · Quoting from the respective manpages (linked above): useradd is a low level utility for adding users. On Debian*, administrators should usually use adduser instead. adduser and …

  7. command line - When to use adduser or useradd - Ask Ubuntu

    Apr 21, 2015 · The Question consist of three parts What are the differences between them When to use adduser or useradd and why there is more than one command for the same purpose

  8. How to add a user without /home? - Ask Ubuntu

    Mar 7, 2011 · By default the command useradd doesn't create home directories, but for a daemon I recommend you to use the system option and change the shell to a non-existent one so no …

  9. What does the `--system` flag for **adduser** do?

    Nov 14, 2020 · The current versions I'm using are: adduser version is 3.118, and the Alpine adduser man Alpine version is 3.12 Docker v19.03.13 on Windows 10 (20H2 update) The man …

  10. What's the difference between the -d and -m options for useradd?

    Jun 24, 2021 · When we use useradd, what is the difference between -d and -m? Because the definitions of both sound similar, which is responsible for creating a home directory.