Create a new user

$ su - weblogic

I was going to install weblogic in my local. So I created a specific user for it.

useradd

$ sudo useradd weblogic -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/weblogic -c "weblogic user"

1. create a user nemed weblogic and meanwhile a new group will be created, named weblogic also. User weblogic belongs to group weblogic.

2. -s /bin/bash. Set login default shell to /bin/bash

3. -m. Create home folder if it does not exist.

4. -d /home/weblogic. Create home directory of weblogic.

passwd

Set password for this new user.

$ sudo passwd weblogic

Login

Now you can try to login with this user

$ su - weblogic

useradd options

Options:
  -b, --base-dir BASE_DIR       base directory for the home directory of the
                                new account
  -c, --comment COMMENT         GECOS field of the new account
  -d, --home-dir HOME_DIR       home directory of the new account
  -D, --defaults                print or change default useradd configuration
  -e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE  expiration date of the new account
  -f, --inactive INACTIVE       password inactivity period of the new account
  -g, --gid GROUP               name or ID of the primary group of the new
                                account
  -G, --groups GROUPS           list of supplementary groups of the new
                                account
  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
  -k, --skel SKEL_DIR           use this alternative skeleton directory
  -K, --key KEY=VALUE           override /etc/login.defs defaults
  -l, --no-log-init             do not add the user to the lastlog and
                                faillog databases
  -m, --create-home             create the user's home directory
  -M, --no-create-home          do not create the user's home directory
  -N, --no-user-group           do not create a group with the same name as
                                the user
  -o, --non-unique              allow to create users with duplicate
                                (non-unique) UID
  -p, --password PASSWORD       encrypted password of the new account
  -r, --system                  create a system account
  -s, --shell SHELL             login shell of the new account
  -u, --uid UID                 user ID of the new account
  -U, --user-group              create a group with the same name as the user
  -Z, --selinux-user SEUSER     use a specific SEUSER for the SELinux user mapping

So what is below commands?

$ sudo useradd explorer -s /bin/bash -m -d /home/explorer
$ sudo passwd explorer
$ sudo usermod -a -G sudo explorer

Command usermod is introduced this time.
usermod - modify a user account.