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adduser-ng(8)

add a user to the system, and do many other useful things after that.

NAME

adduser-ng - add a user to the system, and do many other useful things after that.

SYNOPSIS

adduser-ng [options] GroupName Login

DESCRIPTION

AddUser-NG is a new/improved/rewritten (call it as you want) version of adduser program. Is flexible, has plugins support, and several user interfaces.

OPTIONS

-h|--help

Show help and exit

-u|--user-interface

Use a differed user interface from the one specified in a configuration file

-v|--verbose

Be more verbose during execution (helpful only for developers)

-V|--version

Show program version and exit

-SS|--skip

Skip already executed plugins

ARGUMENTS

GroupName

Group name for/to which user will be crated (see the 'Group files' section in documentation for more details)

Login

Login name of the user

EXAMPLE

bash# adduser-ng clients john

FILES

/etc/adduser-ng/adduser-ng.conf

Configuration file with default options.

/etc/adduser-ng/groups/

Directory for files with definitions of the groups. See /usr/share/doc/adduser-ng/example/adduser for an example of such a file.

DOCUMENTATION

Full documentation on AddUser-NG, including configuration and FAQ is available at http://adduser.linux.pl/ and in adduser-ng-doc package (after installing this package look into /usr/share/adduser-ng-doc directory).

AUTHORS

See /usr/share/doc/adduser-ng/copyright

SEE ALSO

adduser(8)

BUGS

Please report bugs to <[email protected]>