How to add a user in Linux ? useradd is the command to adduser in Linux useradd is having following option: (1) useradd -d "/home/user1" --> user home directory -c " THIS IS a test user" ---> Comment about the user -s "/bin/bash" --->Shell for the user other option are /bin/csh,/sbin/nologin -g "Group name"-->Group name for user User name #useradd -d /home/dir -c "this is a admin user " -s /bin/bash -G staff user1