Script for Adding New Users in Linux

Modify the following fields:

  • Change username to the desired username;
  • Change usergroup to the desired user group;
  • Change userpwd to the user’s home directory;

After renaming the file to <span>user.sh</span>, execute the script.

#!/bin/bash
groupadd -g 1102 usergroup && useradd -u 1102 -g username -d /userpwd  -c "userremarks." -m -s /bin/bash username
echo "userpassword" | passwd --stdin username
chown -R username:usergroup /userpwd
chmod -R  755 /userpwd

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