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		itry on March 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server I use "adduser" instead of "useradd". Its more convinient as it does the remainings steps automatically for your. It comes with ubuntu by default. Any downsides?

kaoD on March 4, 2013 [–]

For some reason it's not working in last Arch's build. Manual "useradd" is such a pain in the ass...

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