How to create User without useradd command

Hi,

Can any one tell me how would you create a user in linux without using the command useradd? Isn't by editing the entries of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow? If so, how would you create an encrypted password user? Is it by using pwconv?

 

add the user to /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/groups, then you can set the password using

Code:

echo "password" | passwd username --stdin

 

Thank You topdog!! I tried the above and it worked!!