adduser [--home DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID]
[--firstuid ID] [--lastuid ID] [--gecos GECOS] [--ingroup GROUP | --gid ID]
[--disabled-password] [--disabled-login] [--encrypt-home] USER
Add a normal user
adduser --system [--home DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID]
[--gecos GECOS] [--group | --ingroup GROUP | --gid ID] [--disabled-password]
[--disabled-login] USER
Add a system user
adduser --group [--gid ID] GROUP
addgroup [--gid ID] GROUP
Add a user group
addgroup --system [--gid ID] GROUP
Add a system group
adduser USER GROUP
Add an existing user to an existing group
general options:
--quiet | -q don't give process information to stdout
--force-badname allow usernames which do not match the
NAME_REGEX[_SYSTEM] configuration variable
--extrausers uses extra users as the database
--help | -h usage message
--version | -v version number and copyright
--conf | -c FILE use FILE as configuration file