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adduser and addgroup are friendlier front ends to useradd, groupadd and usermod.

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Not able to login into newly created user account

I created a new user account from System Settings > User Accounts. I can log in to new user account from the terminal but I can't log in to user account from GUI. When I try to log in to the newly ...
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How to create multiple users during installation?

Now these days I am working on a Ubuntu customization project. In which I want to add this feature that Customizes OS can be able to create 2 users automatically during the installation. User can be ...
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Ubuntu Server - Users vanish after reboot

I'm a noob when it comes to Linux. So bare with me here... I'm trying to make a new user. Running adduser goes without any problems. The user's home folder is there if I look under /home/ But after ...
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How to allow a remote user to connect over ssh on ubuntu 18.04

Before you yell me out, I already checked the answers on the web but couldn't install the system that I want correctly. Here is what I want: Allow a remote user to connect (to my pc) over ssh and ...
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im trying to create a new user but it dosent work

After running sudo adduser charlie, I get: Adding user `charlie' ... Adding new group `charlie' (1002) ... Adding new user `charlie' (1001) with group `charlie' ... Creating home directory `/home/...
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Kubuntu - newly created user delayed from showing

Using the GUI in Kubuntu, I am creating a new user (we will call it newuser1). I enter the username, and valid password, then hit apply. Nothing happens. I try creating a 2nd new user, thinking ...
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Conflicting Account Exists Locally

I have network user account and I was trying to add it to admin group, using a local admin account. I accidentally typed useradd instead of usermod, and when I restarted my computer it gives error of ...
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create multiple users from csv file and communicate them the password

I have to create multiple users in an Ubuntu environment from a csv file that lists their names and password. I am using the following tutorial Import users from CSV file But I am not been able to ...
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unable to login into recently created administrative user account

the account is active, and I can log in using a TTY but mot through the GUI. when logged it shows the same image active with the other user account but a message saying: No directory, logging in ...
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How can I login into a domain user account or login as other user in Kubuntu?

I do have a kubuntu box connected to our Windows AD DC, and now i want to login one domain user in my AD to my kubuntu box but I cannot find a way to log as other user in the login screen. I tried to ...
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New user can't login from FTP in ubuntu server 14.04

I have install a new ubuntu server 14.04 instance on our server and creating a user for FTP access.but the the user can log in via terminal on the server but can't login via FTP.I am using proftpd for ...
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useradd -p broken in 12.04 LTS?

I have a mail benchmarking application that I need to set up, and part of that includes setting up at least several hundred dummy user accounts. I had this scripted so I could easily recreate the ...
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Adding user with existing encrypted home

My system has separated /home partition which is encrypted. I did a fresh install with a new temporary user. Now, I want to add old_user back with existing encrypted home. Is it possible?
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Private Shared Folder

Good day, I have a question regarding my private shared folder. I add already a user called 'private' something like this: lhon@lhon-server:~$ sudo adduser private Adding user `private' ... Adding new ...
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ubuntu 22 LTS adduser not copying /etc/skel

I've added users to 4 nodes of a microk8s cluster using useradd user and typing password and hitting enter to all the asked for info... from what I have read this should copy the contents of the /etc/...
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Need GPIO access NOT using Raspberry Pi with 22.04 LTS with proper permissions not sudo

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an industrial computer not RasPi with a complex Python program that requires access to GPIO pins at a location 0x0B20. This works well using sudo and portio.iopl(3) to ...
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Trouble creating system account and running a cron job under it

I have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server installed on a raspberry pi 4 (no desktop) and I am trying to create a system account and have a script run under the system account when the system boots (the solution ...
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Can't add user to sudo group

I'm on AWS and despite being looged in as root, I can't edit /etc/sudoers adduser houman usermod -aG sudo houman When I login as houman and try sudo ls: [sudo] password for houman: Any idea, why this ...
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I want to make a user without password requirement

so I have ubuntu 18.4 loaded on my laptop and I have my own user on it I want to make another user without root privilege for normal use of my family which is accessible without any password. I tied ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 (Gnome) create user without graphical interface

I'm trying to create user who is hidden. I would don`t see this user on GUI welcome screen. I need that user only to administrate some applications.
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adding user in shell script problem

I want to use a script to be able to quickly add a user to my ftp-server I thought this would work: #!/bin/sh RED='\033[0;31m' NC='\033[0m' # No Color echo -e "${RED}2020 Maraton Consulting${NC} ...
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SOLVED: su with new user automatically fails without asking for a password

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.5. I've created a user called test_user and when I try the command su test_user I get the output user@user:~$ su test_user su: Authentication failure user@user:~$ Without ...
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User Concept of Ubuntu

A question to user account of Ubuntu 16.04. I am newby to Ubuntu/Linux OS. I hosted a server and was logged in with ssh (putty client side) and the default root account with all permissions. I created ...
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apt upgrade systemd fails, users and groups already exist

If I try to upgrade systemd via apt update && apt upgrade, the systemd portion indicates the users and groups already exist so it exits. edit: this is on 16.04 server Setting up systemd (229-...
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Ssh users can acces almost any dirs/files

I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I asked this question in the wrong place, neither could I find a conclusive answer,, So, I have a dedicated Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, I have it for a while now, it ...
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How to require new users to provide their email address when creating their accounts?

I want to create user accounts to new users on our shared computer, but I found the user profile doesn't have the email address field. Can I add the email address field and require new users to fill ...
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bash script adding users. setting the username to script argument

I'm trying to create a bash script that creates a new user. I pass the desired username as a argument, but it's not accepting the value. I'm trying to have: root@forgehe:~# bash newuser.sh ...
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Adding users and giving special permissions

I have tried different things with chmod and adduser commands but it will take too much time for me to do this. Here is what I try to do: Lets say I will add 3 users to my system. Each user can read ...
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How to migrate/merge files from one user to another user in same computer?

Ubuntu 14.04 No Dash No Menu on an User Account ^ This a follow up question Since my problem can't be solved and I want to delete the user that got problem, I think I want to move all user files ...
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Managing passwords

I've created as administrator other account using the command sudo adduser newuser. The system asked for a UNIX password and I provided it, but now I want to create a sudo password for that account. I ...
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Troubles with permissions of a new user

I want to create a new user and give him possibility to use git. So, I've installed git: sudo apt-get install git After that I've created a user: sudo useradd -d /home/developer -s /bin/bash -g ...
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Automating user creation with information from text file

I have one txt in this format: dfs /home/dfs ashik karki so now i need a bash script for reading the each word from the text file and what i am going to do is i want to automate adduser and generate ...
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Problem while trying to create users in Ubuntu 14.04 64bits version

My problem began when I tried to create a new user in GUI mode. When I click on "users accounts" in "System configuration" the window changes to black and stops responding. I tried to reinstall the OS ...
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