Creating a Common User

Uses the Kunpeng DevKit terminal tool to create a common user.

/opt/DevKit/tools/devkit adduser -u <username>

/opt/DevKit/tools/ is the directory for storing the tool. Replace it with the actual directory.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Command	Parameter	Description
-u	username	Name of the user to be created. The user name must meet the following requirements: Start with an English letter. Contain 6 to 32 characters. Allow letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

The following demonstrates how to create a testaccount user. Go to the storage path of the DevKit terminal tool and run the following command:

./devkit adduser -u testaccount

The following information is displayed. Set the password of the new user in the interactive prompts.

Please enter administrator's password:
Please enter user's password:
Please enter user's password again:
Success to add user: testaccount

The password must meet the following complexity requirements:

Contain 8 to 32 characters.
Contain at least two types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\|[{}];:'",<.>/?
Cannot contain any spaces.
Cannot be the same as the user name or the user name spelled in reverse order.
Cannot be a password in the weak password dictionary.

Parent topic: User Management