| | adduser | useradd | | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Ease of use | Interactive, more user-friendly command line tool | non-interactive, option-based command-line tool that creates user with a minimal setup | | Availability | available on Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu | available across all Linux distributions | | Homedir | Created automatically in `/home/<username>` | Homedir is not created by default, by can be created by providing specific flags. | | User Group | Created automatically | User Group is not created by default | | Password | Password provided through interactive process | Password is not set by default | | Basic config | Copied from `/etc/skel` | No config is provided once user is created | ### See Also 1. [[What etc-skel directory is used for?]]