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Development Tools Console Foundations Users and Permissions Creating Users

Chen Liu
Chen Liu
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Posted by Chen Liu
Chen Liu
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terminal on mac, I tried sudo adduser under home directory, it returns sudo: adduser: command not found.

I am very new to console. I tried terminal on my mac to follow Jims video , and when I tried sudo adduser under the home directory, it returns sudo: adduser: command not found, does anyone can explain a bit to me why I could not create it? Many thanks.

3 Answers

Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Hi Chen liu

video looks specifically at how to create users on Ubuntu Linux. not Mac. mac Unix and Ubuntu Linux has so much common but lots of differences try the command in the treehouse console

Ralph King
Ralph King
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Ralph King
Ralph King
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On a mac you use the directory service command line to add users. Bit different to Linux! (http://www2.lns.mit.edu/compserv/how.to/mac_account.html)

Chen Liu
Chen Liu
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Chen Liu
Chen Liu
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Thank you Mohd and Ralph, I google a bit, and also found out that they are different. http://www.maclife.com/article/columns/terminal_101_creating_new_users Thanks anyway for answering. :)