Add user

[mebingj]

How to add user through command line..??


i used "useradd" and "passwd" and created an account but i can't login to it...

[reed9]

You'll need to be more specific about what you did. Useradd is indeed a way to create a new user on the system and passwd changes a user's password.

How to create user account using Linux useradd command | Linux basic configurations

[mebingj]

i created a user using "useradd test" and set password for test by giving the command "passwd test"..after this when i try to enter into this account(test) by giving the password i set.................................. it say "authentication failure".

[reed9]

Are you running useradd and passwd as root?

[mebingj]

yes...i logged in as root...

[reed9]

And how are you trying to enter the account?

If you do

su - test

Can you login to the account from the terminal?

Did you perhaps enter the password wrong either when creating it or when trying to log in?

[mebingj]

yes...i can login to the account from terminal...

[write2roma]

yes...i can login to the account from terminal...

remove the blank file of nologin from /etc

rm -rf /etc/nologin

[mebingj]

i removes the nologin file.....but still i can't login to that account..

[write2roma]

see the file also in
vi /etc/security/access.conf

there may be restricted all user for local mechine.