{"id":4623,"date":"2016-06-23T04:44:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T04:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:05:33","slug":"add-delete-user-ubuntu-debian-linuxmint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/add-delete-user-ubuntu-debian-linuxmint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add and Delete User in Ubuntu, Debian &#038; LinuxMint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In This tutorial we will help you to add and delete user in Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint operating systems.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Add New User<\/h3>\n<p>For this tutorial we are using adduser command for examples. Following command will create new user named \u2018seemab\u2019 on your system.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">adduser seemab\r\n\r\nAdding user `seemab' ...\r\nAdding new group `seemab' (1006) ...\r\nAdding new user `seemab' (1005) with group `seemab' ...\r\nCreating home directory `\/home\/seemab' ...\r\nCopying files from `\/etc\/skel' ...\r\nEnter new UNIX password: **************\r\nRetype new UNIX password: **************\r\npasswd: password updated successfully\r\nChanging the user information for seemab\r\nEnter the new value, or press ENTER for the default\r\nFull Name []:\r\nRoom Number []:\r\nWork Phone []:\r\nHome Phone []:\r\nOther []:\r\nIs the information correct? [Y\/n] y<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>By default above command will create users home directory as \/home\/. But you can specify home directory as per your choice at any other location using following command.<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">adduser seemab --home=\/var\/home\/Seemab<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>We can also specify any other shell for user in place of default.<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">adduser seemab --shell=\/bin\/bash<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to create users home directory. You can use \u2013no-create-home switch with adduser command as below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">adduser seemab --no-create-home<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2. Delete User from System<\/h3>\n<p>Now you can easily delete any user from system which is no longer required. Use the following command to delete any user from system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">deluser Seemab<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above command will not remove users home directory. If you want to delete users home directory too add \u2013remove-home parameter with your command, For example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">deluser seemab --remove-home<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also take backup of users home directory before removing it using below command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">deluser seemab --remove-home --backup --backup-to \/var\/backup\/<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This tutorial we will help you to add and delete user in Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint operating systems. 1. Add New User For this tutorial we are using adduser command for examples. 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