From GoboLinux Knowledge Base

[edit] AddUser

Creates an account for a new user and register it on the system. This script adds an option to populate this user's home directory with a customized settings environment.

Usage: AddUser [<options>] <login>

Options:

• -h, --help - Shows this help.
• -v, --version - Show program version.
• -V, --verbose - Enable verbose mode.
• -c, --comment <entry> - Text to be stored in the comment field of the UNIX password file.
• -f, --full-name <entry> - User's full name.
• -r, --room-number <entry> - User's office number.
• -w, --work-phone <entry> - User's work phone.
• -h, --home-phone <entry> - User's home phone.
• -o, --other <entry> - User's home phone.
• -s, --shell <entry> - User's default shell. The default value is '/bin/zsh'.
• -p, --password <entry> - Encoded user's password.
• -S, --skel - Populate home directory with customized settings.

User information such as full name and office number can be viewed with programs such as finger(1) and modified with chfn(1).

Examples:

AddUser -f 'Hisham Muhammad' hisham