Ubuntu 14.04: New user created from command line has missing features

First notice that it's better to use adduser and not useradd.

  • What is the difference between adduser and useradd?
  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/121071/what-does-adduser-do-that-useradd-doesnt

Now back to your command:

You should run the command in the following manner:

sudo useradd -m -c "Samwise the Brave" sam  -s /bin/bash

man useradd

  -s, --shell SHELL
           The name of the user's login shell. The default is to leave this
           field blank, which causes the system to select the default login
           shell specified by the SHELL variable in /etc/default/useradd, or
           an empty string by default.

 -m, --create-home
           Create the user's home directory if it does not exist. The files
           and directories contained in the skeleton directory (which can be
           defined with the -k option) will be copied to the home directory.

           By default, if this option is not specified and CREATE_HOME is not
           enabled, no home directories are created.

So you miss to use -s to add your login shell and the -m to create your home.

If you want to add multiple users in the same time, it's better to use the command newusers. It'll simplify your task.

man newusers

DESCRIPTION

   The newusers command reads a file of user name and clear-text password
   pairs and uses this information to update a group of existing users or
   to create new users. Each line is in the same format as the standard
   password file (see passwd(5)) with the exceptions explained below:

   pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell

Here some tutorial about newusers command:

  • http://www.sanfoundry.com/newusers-command-usage-examples/
  • https://opensourcewin.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/how-to-create-multiple-users-in-linux-newusers-command/

Create user

Create user's home directory

Define login shell

useradd -m -d /home/username username -s /bin/bash

Delete User

Deleter User's Home Directory

userdel -r username

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