####################################################################### Searchable Keywords: user useradd adduser the useradd command adds a user and with other options can create the user home account and group. you must use option -m to create the home account if it doesn't exist. Usage: useradd [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...] [-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]] [-f inactive] [-e expire mm/dd/yy] [-p passwd] [-n] [-r] name useradd -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell] [-f inactive] [-e expire mm/dd/ example: useradd -r jsmith -u 9947 -mk /home/jsmith this created account jsmith with UID of 9947 and made a home account at /home/jsmith and copied the contents of skelton_dir(which turned out to be 0) userdel will delete a user from a linux box and delte their home accouots. [root@rachel /root]# userdel usage: userdel [-r] name NOTE: There is also a adduser command they probably works a little different. There is also a adduser in Solaris that functions a little different also. I have not yet built nots for either of these commands yet.