For my cluster project I will add a new user to each Raspberry Pi. This is so the user I use for all other systems will be the \u00a0same on the Raspberry Pi’s. This post describes how to add another user to Raspbian OS.<\/p>\n
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To add a user to your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian OS you can run the following command. You should replace Once this has been run you will be presented with a number of dialogue options. The most important one is asking for your password. The other information can be useful where there are a number of users on a system however for a Raspberry Pi this likely isn’t too important.<\/p>\n Once you have confirmed all this information the user will be created. At this point you might want to add the user to any groups you have created<\/a>. If you want to want to use the vcgencmd command to read temperature or other system information you will need to add them to the video group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For my cluster project I will add a new user to each Raspberry Pi. This is so the user I use for all other systems will be the \u00a0same on the Raspberry Pi’s. 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pi@bunker-speedtest:~$ sudo adduser chewett\r\n Adding user `chewett' ...\r\n Adding new group `chewett' (1001) ...\r\n Adding new user `chewett' (1001) with group `chewett' ...\r\n Creating home directory `\/home\/chewett' ...\r\n Copying files from `\/etc\/skel' ...\r\n Enter new UNIX password:\r\n Retype new UNIX password:\r\n passwd: password updated successfully\r\n Changing the user information for chewett\r\n Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default\r\n Full Name []: chewett\r\n Room Number []:\r\n Work Phone []:\r\n Home Phone []:\r\n Other []:\r\n Is the information correct? [Y\/n] y<\/pre>\n