Linux commands: Newusers adds new users… fast and furious!

Whether you’re setting up accounts for existing users on a new server or providing accounts for a crop of new staff members on your primary server, it’s nice to be able to do the job quickly and accurately. The newusers command in Linux is designed to make this process as smooth as possible, but it may not do everything you expect — especially if your data file is, uh, sloppy. Let’s take a look at what it does and where it might fall short of expectations.