Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Controlling Access to a System
Chapter 3 249
Using the useradd
Command
You can use the useradd command to add users, as well as usermod and
userdel for modifying and deleting them. useradd has the form:
/usr/sbin/useradd [ option ] ... username
username is the new login name for the user. The options are described
in Table 3-6. See also useradd (1M).
Table 3-4 useradd Options
Option Meaning
-u uid UID (defaults to next highest number).
-g group Primary working group name or group ID. Group
must exist. The default is 20.
-G groups Comma-separated list of secondary groups.
Groups must exist.
-b b_dir Default base directory for user home directory.
The default is /home.
-d dir Home directory path name. The default is
b_dir/username .
-m Create home directory /home in addition to
defining user.
-s shell Shell. The default is an empty field, which
defaults to /sbin/sh.
-c " comments " Full name or other comments. This is often a
comma-separated string in the form:
fullname , location , workphone , homephone
-k dir Skeleton directory containing initialization files.
The default is /etc/skel.
-e date Account expiration date. The default is none.
Requires enhanced security.
-f n Number of days the account can be inactive before
being disabled. Requires enhanced security.