Linux: We have no idea why folks think we’re hard to use.
Also Linux: Would you like to use useradd or adduser to add a user to your system?
Hint: use adduser, which is perl wrapper around useradd when working interactively and useradd from scripts, as it is more portable.
(And if you’re setting up a server in an automated fashion, let cloud-init, etc., handle it for you.)
@aral and i *never* remember which one is the wrapper