What happens when you create a Linux user?
What happens when you create a Linux user?
Source code: https://gist.github.com/sebastiancarlos/1a5b04099b750f5a15c77c8cb4f03fc8
### Sample output: # # CREATE_HOME no # CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL no # LOG_INIT yes # USERGROUPS_ENAB yes # HOME /home # MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail # MAIL_FILE N/A # SHELL /bin/bash # SKEL /etc/skel # EXPIRE N/A # GROUP 984 (users) # INACTIVE -1 # PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999 # PASS_MIN_DAYS 0 # PASS_WARN_AGE 7 # UMASK 077 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CREATE_HOME: Create a home directory if it does not exist. # CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL: Create a mailbox file for the user. # LOG_INIT: Add the user to the lastlog and faillog databases. # USERGROUPS_ENAB: If set to yes, useradd will create a group with the name of the # user, and userdel will remove the user's group if it contains no # more members. # HOME: The user's name will be affixed to form the new home. # MAIL_DIR: The mail spool file will be created using this value. # MAIL_FILE: Same, but relative to the user's home directory. # SHELL: The user's login shell. # SKEL: The skeleton directory, which contains files and directories to # be copied into the user's home directory. # EXPIRE: The date on which the user account will be disabled, if any. # GROUP: If USERGROUPS_ENAB is set to no, or if the flag -N/--no-user-group # is passed, this will be the new user's group. # INACTIVE: The number of days after a password has expired in which the # password is still be accepted. -1 disables the inactive period. # PASS_MAX_DAYS: The number of days a password may be used. If is older, a password # change will be forced. # PASS_MIN_DAYS: The minimum number of days allowed between password changes. Any # attempt sooner will be rejected. # PASS_WARN_AGE: Warn user N days befere password expiration. # UMASK: The file mode creation mask is initialized to this value.