Add-user script not working, running: read $user; useradd $user

Question

I've been trying to write a script that adds a non-root user. Is it possible to use variables and adduser to do it? I've tried just `adduser bob` and it works perfectly fine, so why does adduser $user return `adduser: Only one or two names allowed.`? ``` #!/bin/bash read -p 'Do you want to add a non-root user? [y/N]' answer case "${answer}" in [yY]|[yY][eE][sS]) echo -e "What will the username be?" read $user adduser $user;; [nN]|[nN][oO]) echo "Skipping";; esac ```

Accepted Answer

Your problem is you are not adding anyone. In your script you have:

```
read $user
```

it should be

```
read user
```

Also note the correct command is `useradd`. `adduser`, if it exists, is generally just a link to `useradd`.

Add-user script not working, running: read $user; useradd $user

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