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Simmerjeet
Asked: 2013-12-21 04:42:04 +0800 CST

Create the home directory while creating a user [duplicate]

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I have added user using the adduser command, but a directory with is new user name is not created in /home, and I'm also not able to run any command with this user. After logging from this user it's only showing($) on the screen using a cli

adduser

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  1. Best Answer

    Find and open Users and Groups. Delete that user, and create a new one

    There is more on using it here.

    Users and Groups

    For command line, these should work:

    useradd -m USERNAME

    You have to use -m, otherwise no home directory will be created. If you want to specify the path of the home directory, use -d and specify the path:

    useradd -m -d /PATH/TO/FOLDER USERNAME

    You can then set the password with:

    passwd USERNAME

    All of the above need to be run as root, or with the sudo command beforehand. For more info, run man adduser.

    Hope this helps smiley

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