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24 - Create a new user

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References:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_groups#User_management

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To check user defaults, run

useradd --defaults

To create a new user, execute (replace username accordingly):

useradd -m -G wheel username

Set user password (replace username accordingly):

passwd username

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