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This is very weird, when add a user using the command line then set a password I cant login using the GUI!
is this a new thing or what?

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4 Years ago

answered 2 Years ago soahan · Accepted Answer

You can add an new user (with the common options, and /home/[user] as home directory) with:

useradd -m -g users -s /bin/bash [user]

and then to set a password:

passwd [user]

EDIT: You can also add additional information about the user with:

chfn [user]