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Creating a User Account on Linux

This is an example of how to create a user account on a Linux system.

note

This is for illustrative purposes only. Consult the Linux documentation for your system before attempting to create a user account.

  1. Create the user account.
    useradd -m risc

  2. Set the user's password.
    passwd risc

  3. Configure the PATH and LC_ALL variables for the user account by modifying the shell initialization files.
    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/sbin' >> ~/.bashrc

    echo 'export LC_ALL=C' >> ~/.bashrc