With the help of the Starbuntu program del-add-user, a user can be deleted or added in a simple way. Doing this, also his private group gets always deleted or added.

Output if a user is added: his login name

The optionally added parameter -d (delete user) or -a (add user) suppresses the initial question whether a user should be deleted or added.

First you have to obtain the root privileges because you intervene in the system. If a user is to be deleted, a list of the respective user names with their preceded user IDs appears. You type the ID of the user to be deleted into the input field and confirm the input. Before the final extinguishing process, a safety question is made. If this is affirmed, not only the user and his private group, but also his HOME folder are definitely deleted.

If a user is to be added, three fields must be filled in. The username is freely selectable (e.g. "Maria II"). The login name (e.g. "maria_2") may only contain lowercase letters, digits and the characters "._-", whereby it must not begin with '-'. The password (e.g. "m@=D0nNa") may contain all signs of ASCII 33-126. These are all signs on the keyboard with the exception of the white space. Together with the user and his private group, his own HOME folder gets created with the login name as its name that already contains some essential files. In this case, the program outputs the newly created user login name. If the new user is to get the same complete desktop environment as the main user, it is better to add him with the Starbuntu program install-user.

Finally, either a success message or an error message appears.

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