Bug 6868 – useradd username -m -G users,audio,wheel -s /bin/bash

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Daryl Stimm 2002-08-21 23:54:39 UTC]

I think the install doc should have the reference to this command so users know
how to create users and have it automaticly make a home directory and put them
in the audio and wheel group. (they can change the groups if they want)


here is the command to use...
useradd username -m -G users,audio,wheel -s /bin/bash

every time I reinstall gentoo I am searching for that above command..

Any way we can get it in the install doc?

thanks

[Comment 1 Eric Stockbridge 2002-09-05 20:20:52 UTC]

why don't we just emerge superadduser durring install, makes it much
easier..slackware uses it by default, they even link it to /bin/addusr

[Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2002-09-17 17:43:54 UTC]

*** Bug 7183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 3 Stoyan Zhekov (RETIRED) 2002-11-24 23:43:26 UTC]

Can we put this in the FAQs?

[Comment 4 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2002-12-02 15:31:32 UTC]

please add this into install docs

thx

[Comment 5 Stoyan Zhekov (RETIRED) 2002-12-26 02:32:07 UTC]

Hm,in witch section is better to add this? In the "Installation Complete!"?
Or somewhere before it?

[Comment 6 Stoyan Zhekov (RETIRED) 2003-01-15 21:27:27 UTC]

Everything WAS in the FAQs - adding, changinf shell, su EVERYTHING. But just to
not search the next time again I added to the "How do i add a normal user?":

Insteed of adduser you can also use:

Code listing 2.2

# useradd gentoo -m -G users,audio,wheel -s /bin/bash

This will add a user gentoo, will make possible for him to use sound-related
devices (/dev/sound/*), will make possible for him to switch to root (using su)
and will make /bin/bash his login shell.