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I'm trying to create user who is hidden. I would don`t see this user on GUI welcome screen.

I need that user only to administrate some applications.

MIchal Rudnicki
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  • Does this answer your question? [Proper way to add a user account via bash script](https://askubuntu.com/questions/319714/proper-way-to-add-a-user-account-via-bash-script) – int_ua May 05 '20 at 18:05
  • no this script only adds regular user by "adduser" nothing else – MIchal Rudnicki May 05 '20 at 18:59
  • If you are using GDM3: https://askubuntu.com/a/545764 – int_ua May 05 '20 at 19:16
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    @int_ua thanks, you have showed me the way. All to do is just add system user with UID below 1000. exmple command: adduser --system userName – MIchal Rudnicki May 06 '20 at 10:45
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    Does this answer your question? [How to hide users from the GDM login screen?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/2471/how-to-hide-users-from-the-gdm-login-screen) – user68186 May 06 '20 at 16:32

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to have user without GUI we need "system user".

to do that we can execute: sudo adduser --system user_name

after that we need to set password: sudo passwd user_name

MIchal Rudnicki
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  • Please do not use "without GUI", it's quite incorrect. What you want is something like "user that is hidden from display manager selection" or "not shown on login screen". Please fix the question title. – int_ua May 06 '20 at 10:51