Questions tagged [adduser]
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 ...