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# Users and Groups

## Users

### Creating Users

<pre class="language-sh"><code class="lang-sh"><strong># Create a user and immediately set the password
</strong><strong>sudo useradd sshuser &#x26;&#x26; sudo passwd sshuser
</strong><strong>
</strong><strong># Create a user with a home directory (-m) and immediately set the password
</strong><strong>sudo useradd -m sshuser &#x26;&#x26; sudo passwd sshuser
</strong><strong>
</strong><strong># If you need to create a home directory for an existing user that doesn't have one
</strong><strong>sudo mkhomedir_helper sshuser
</strong></code></pre>