addNewUser.sh

#!/bin/bash

# ------------------------------------ 
# maintainer: DrSnowbird@openkbs.org
# license: Apache License Version 2.0
# ------------------------------------ 

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "*** ERROR ***"
    echo "... Need two input arguments ..."
    echo "$(basename $0) <User_Name> <Password>"
    exit 1
else
    USER_NAME=${1}
    USER_PASSWD=${2}
    sudo useradd -U -d /home/${USER_NAME} --create-home -s /bin/bash -p $(echo ${USER_PASSWD} | openssl passwd -1 -stdin) ${USER_NAME}
    echo "------------------------------------"
    echo "To add user to more group:"
    echo "sudo usermod -aG <new-Group> ${USER_NAME}"
    echo "    Note: The user will need to log out and log back in to see the new group added."
    echo "------------------------------------"
    echo "To add user to sudo group:"
    echo "sudo usermod -aG sudo ${USER_NAME}"
    echo "------------------------------------"
fi