Create the home directory while creating a user [duplicate]
I have added user using the adduser
command, but a directory with is new user name is not created in /home
, and I'm also not able to run any command with this user. After logging from this user it's only showing($) on the screen using a cli
Find and open Users and Groups. Delete that user, and create a new one
There is more on using it here.
For command line, these should work:
useradd -m USERNAME
You have to use -m
, otherwise no home directory will be created. If you want to specify the path of the home directory, use -d
and specify the path:
useradd -m -d /PATH/TO/FOLDER USERNAME
You can then set the password with:
passwd USERNAME
All of the above need to be run as root, or with the sudo
command beforehand. For more info, run man adduser
.
Hope this helps