Creating a user via command line in Linux is a tedious task. Every time someone joins your organization and you need to type a long Linux command rather than doing this you can create a python script that can ask for you the username and password and create that user for you. Examples:
Input : Enter Username : John Password: **** Output : User successfully created with given credentials
Below is the Python code –
Python3
# importing linraryimport osimport subprocessimport sysimport getpass# add user functiondef add_user(): # Ask for the input username = input("Enter Username ") # Asking for users password password = getpass.getpass() try: # executing useradd command using subprocess module subprocess.run(['useradd', '-p', password, username ]) except: print(f"Failed to add user.") sys.exit(1)add_user() |
Output:
After successfully creating the user type, use this command to get details of new user –
cat /etc/passwd
