sudo adduser --disabled-password --comment '' alice
Create a user without a password
The --disabled-password flag creates the account with no password, so it cannot log in interactively until one is set, and --comment '' skips the full-name prompt. This is the standard recipe for service accounts. Lock it down further with --shell /usr/sbin/nologin.
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