Deleting User

userdel

This is the command to delete user in your local system.

delete an user

userdel sikkandar

User sikkandar will be deleted from your local machine without home directory.

Delete an user with home directory

userdel -r sikkandar

Delete an user with home directory including files owned by other users

userdel -rf sikkandar

Adding New User

useradd

This is the command to create new user in your local system.

Create an user

useradd sikkandar

User sikkandar will be added to your local machine without home directory.

Create an user with home directory

useradd -m sikkandar

To create password for user

passwd username

For example: passwd sikkandar

For more details see man useradd

TIPS

If you forgot to create home directory and you want to create the same later, do the following:

To create the home directory for user sikkandar:

mkdir /home/sikkandar
cd /etc/skel
tar cv . | tar xvC /home/sikkandar
chown -R sikkandar.users /home/sikkandar