Answer to Question #225269 in UNIX/Linux Programming for ntombi

Question

3.13. Create the user with following details:

Login name umcovida shell /bin/bash

Full name Mcovida Lengana Home folder /homestu/umcovida

Default group wanafunzi Group ID 20212

Answer 1

Two commands - first, we create a group with given name/ID and then create a required user:

groupadd -g 20212 wanafunzi

useradd umcovida -s /bin/bash -d /homestu/umcovida -c "Mcovida Lengana" -g wanafunzi