Steps to Create a New Sudo User

• Log in to your server as the root user. ssh [email protected]_ip_address.
• Use the adduser command to add a new user to your system. Be sure to replace username with the user that you want to create.
• Use the usermod command to add the user to the sudo group.
• Test sudo access on new user account.

To add/create a new user, all you’ve to follow the command ‘useradd’ or ‘adduser’ with ‘username’. The ‘username’ is a user login name, that is used by user to login into the system. Only one user can be added and that username must be unique (different from other username already exists on the system).To add a user to the system:

• Issue the useradd command to create a locked user account: useradd <username>
• Unlock the account by issuing the passwd command to assign a password and set password aging guidelines: passwd <username>

Open a shell prompt. If you are not logged in as root, type the command su – and enter the root password. Type useradd followed by a space and the username for the new account you are creating at the command line (for example, useradd jsmith). Press [Enter] .Steps to Create a New Sudo User

• Log in to your server as the root user. ssh [email protected]_ip_address.
• Use the adduser command to add a new user to your system. Be sure to replace username with the user that you want to create.
• Use the usermod command to add the user to the sudo group.
• Test sudo access on new user account.

What is the command to add a new user in Linux?

useradd

How manually add user in Linux?

What steps to add a user to a system without using useradd/

1. Add an entry for the user in /etc/passwd file.
2. Add an entry for the group in /etc/group file.
3. Create the home directory for the added user.
4. Set the new user password using the passwd command.