{"id":440,"date":"2026-02-27T04:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=440"},"modified":"2026-02-27T04:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:34:07","slug":"how-to-create-a-linux-user-account-and-set-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"🐧How to Create a Linux User Account and Set Password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creating a user in Linux is done using terminal commands. You must have root<\/strong> or sudo<\/strong> privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🟢 1️⃣ Create a New User Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

🔹 Command:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo useradd username<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
📌 Example:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo useradd student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
👉 This creates the user, but:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • No password is set yet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Home directory may not be created (depends on system settings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n
    🟢 2️⃣ Create User with Home Directory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Recommended method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo useradd -m student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Options:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • -m<\/code> \u2192 Create home directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • -d<\/code> \u2192 Specify custom home directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • -s<\/code> \u2192 Specify login shell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      sudo useradd -m -s \/bin\/bash student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      \n\n\n\n
      🟢 3️⃣ Set Password for User<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      After creating user, set password using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      sudo passwd student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      You will be asked to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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      • Enter new password<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Re-enter password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        If successful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        passwd: password updated successfully<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
        \n\n\n\n
        🟢 4️⃣ Using adduser (Recommended in Ubuntu)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        In Ubuntu systems, use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
        sudo adduser student2<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
        👉 This command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Creates home directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Sets password<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Asks for full name and details<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • More user-friendly than useradd<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n
          🟢 5️⃣ Check User Created<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          cat \/etc\/passwd<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          id student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n
          🟢 6️⃣ Switch to New User<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          su - student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          or<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          login student1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n
          🟢 7️⃣ Important User Files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          File<\/th>Purpose<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
          \/etc\/passwd<\/code><\/td>Stores user account details<\/td><\/tr>
          \/etc\/shadow<\/code><\/td>Stores encrypted password<\/td><\/tr>
          \/etc\/group<\/code><\/td>Stores group information<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
          how to create user in linux<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          $sudo adduser mital<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          Verification<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          $cat \/etc\/passwd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          You can also use the getent command to verify that user account added to the system:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          $getent passwd mital<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          How to delete a user account<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          $sudo userdel mital<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          How to change Linux user password<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          $sudo passwd mital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          Creating a user in Linux is done using terminal commands. You must have root or sudo privileges. 🟢 1️⃣ Create a New User Account 🔹 Command: sudo useradd username 📌 Example: sudo useradd student1 👉 This creates the user, but: 🟢 2️⃣ Create User with Home Directory Recommended method: sudo useradd -m student1 Options: Example: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}