Raspberry Pi: Create a new user - how it works

It is possible to create multiple user accounts on the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. In this guide, we show you how to set up a new user.

Create a new user on your Raspberry Pi

To create a new user on your Raspberry Pi, you only have to do the following steps:

1. First open a terminal on your Raspberry Pi.
2. Then get SuperUser rights with the "sudo su" command.
3. Now you can create a new user including the home directory with the "useradd -m USERNAME" command. Replace "USERNAME" with the name you want. If the user does not get a home directory, simply omit the "-m".
4. So that the new user can also log in, you must assign a password to the user with "passwd USERNAME". This is not displayed in the terminal when it is entered and must be repeated again for security.
5. Finally, you can add the new user to the main group of all users with "usermod -g users USERNAME".
6. With "exit" you end the SuperUser rights and the new user can be used immediately.