How to Install and Uninstall adduser Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "adduser" package

Learn how to install adduser on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                adduser
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "adduser" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall adduser on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                adduser
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adduser package on Kali Linux

Package: adduser
Version: 3.137
Installed-Size: 592
Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers
Architecture: all
Depends: passwd
Suggests: liblocale-gettext-perl, perl, cron, quota
Size: 139720
SHA256: 40b77d8b5b482baee2d0c95bbb4a4b9bcf7271b79dec039ef45e541142edfc12
SHA1: 292761717213ec2745b50eacb737d0986acd30a6
MD5sum: 3b5322221d61e04efc7be6b80da76b0a
Description: add and remove users and groups
This package includes the 'adduser' and 'deluser' commands for creating
and removing users.
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- 'adduser' creates new users and groups and adds existing users to
existing groups;
- 'deluser' removes users and groups and removes users from a given
group.
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Adding users with 'adduser' is much easier than adding them manually.
'Adduser' will choose UID and GID values that conform to Debian policy,
create a home directory, copy skeletal user configuration, and
automate setting initial values for the user's password, real name
and so on.
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'Deluser' can back up and remove users' home directories
and mail spool or all the files they own on the system.
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A custom script can be executed after each of the commands.
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'Adduser' and 'Deluser' are intended to be used by the local
administrator in lieu of the tools from the 'useradd' suite, and
they provide support for easy use from Debian package maintainer
scripts, functioning as kind of a policy layer to make those scripts
easier and more stable to write and maintain.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::user-management, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.137_all.deb