Steps to manually add a user

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To extract the document from laruence, try to add a user without using useradd:

As follows:

Create the required group (vi/etc/group) first)

Create attributes of an account (vi/etc/passwd)

Synchronize passwd and shadow (pwconv)

Create a password for this account (passwd acount)

Create a user's home directory (cp-r/etc/skel/home/account)

6. Change the home Directory attributes (chown-R account. group/home/account)

Create a new group named test and set its GID to 520.

[Root @ test/root] # vi/etc/group

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Test: x: 520: test <= adds a group. The group is named test and the GID is 520.

Create attributes of test

[Root @ test/root] # vi/etc/passwd

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Test: x: 520: 520: testing account:/home/test:/bin/bash <= create attributes

Synchronize/etc/passwd and/etc/shadow

Create a new group named test and set its GID to 520.

[Root @ test/root] # vi/etc/group

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Test: x: 520: test <= adds a group. The group is named test and the GID is 520.

Create attributes of test

[Root @ test/root] # vi/etc/passwd

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Test: x: 520: 520: testing account:/home/test:/bin/bash <= create attributes

Synchronize/etc/passwd and/etc/shadow

[Root @ test/root] # pwconv <= Transfer passwd data to/etc/shadow!

Create Password

[Root @ test/root] # passwd test <= create the user test Password

Changing password for user test

New password:

Retype new password:

Passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully

Create a home directory and convert the owner of the home directory

[Root @ test/root] # cp-r/etc/skel/home/test

[Root @ test/root] # chown-R test: test/home/test

OK.