useradd (manpage)

NAME

 * - Create a new user or update default new user information

SYNOPSIS

 * {{optargs|-m [-k skeleton_dir } | -M}}       login
 * -D

DESCRIPTION
Creating New Users
 * When invoked  without the -D option, the useradd command creates a new user account using the values specified on the  command  line  and  the default  values from the system. Depending on command line options, the useradd command will update system files and may also  create  the  new user's home directory and copy initial files. The version provided with Red Hat Linux will create a group for each user added  to  the  system, unless the -n option is given.

OPTIONS
The options which apply to the useradd command are:

Changing the default values
When invoked with the -D option, useradd will either display the  current  default  values,  or  update  the default values from the command line. The valid options are If no options are specified, useradd displays the current default values.

CAVEATS
You may not add a user to an NIS group. This must be performed on  the NIS server.

EXIT VALUES
The useradd command exits with the following values:

AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom)

Edit Log

 * 2005-09-14: Copied from Red Hat Fedora Core 4 manpage. Need to compare to some non-RedHat distro to see which bits are RedHat-only and mark them as such.