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What is the difference between

adduser user_name group_name

and

usermod -G -a user_name group_name

At first glance they seems to do the same thing : add a user to a group.

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answered 2 Years ago ingwhin · Accepted Answer

adduser and usermod are two different utilities which have in common the fact that both can add a user to a group.

According to man adduser

adduser is friendlier front ends to the low level tools like
useradd, groupadd and usermod programs.

More info:

man adduser : adduser, addgroup - add a user or group to the system

man usermod : usermod - modify a user account