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Create user with password shell-script
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adduser_pw.sh
#!/bin/sh
# after `=` type the user account and password you wish to create respectively
user=your_selected_account_name
password=your_supersecret_password
adduser --quiet --disabled-password --shell /bin/bash --home /home/$user --gecos "User" $user
# set password
echo "$user:$password" | chpasswd
echo User: $user has been created with password: $password
#SCRIPT END
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