Let's say we want to create a secondary user on an Aegix Linux system. For this example the user we created during the installation process is called borchard and the secondary user we want to create will be called timothy.
1. First, check what groups "borchard" belongs to:
groups borchard
or
id borchard
2. Create the timothy user with home directory and zsh shell:
sudo useradd -m -s /bin/zsh timothy
3. Add timothy to the wheel group (most important for sudo access):
sudo usermod -aG wheel timothy
4. Set a password for timothy:
sudo passwd timothy
5. Copy the group memberships from borchard to timothy:
You can do this automatically with:
sudo usermod -G $(id -Gn borchard | tr ' ' ',') timothy
6. Create the essential directories that Aegix expects:
sudo -u timothy mkdir -p /home/timothy/{Downloads,Documents,Pictures,Music,Videos/obs,code,ss,Applications/vs-code-insider}
sudo -u timothy mkdir -p /home/timothy/.cache/zsh/
sudo -u timothy mkdir -p /home/timothy/.config/{abook,mpd/playlists}
sudo -u timothy mkdir -p /home/timothy/.local/src
7. Copy the Aegix dotfiles configuration:
Since Aegix uses the "gohan" dotfiles, you'll want to copy the configuration:
sudo cp -r /home/borchard/.config /home/timothy/
sudo cp -r /home/borchard/.local /home/timothy/
sudo cp /home/borchard/.* /home/timothy/ 2>/dev/null || true
sudo chown -R timothy:wheel /home/timothy
8. Set up vim/neovim plugins for timothy:
sudo -u timothy mkdir -p /home/timothy/.config/nvim/autoload
sudo -u timothy curl -Ls "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim" > /home/timothy/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim
sudo -u timothy nvim -c "PlugInstall|q|q"
9. Verify the setup:
# Check groups
groups timothy
# Check home directory
ls -la /home/timothy
# Test switching to the user
su - timothy
The new timothy user should now have:
- A home directory with the standard Aegix directory structure
- The same group memberships as borchard (including wheel for sudo access)
- The Aegix dotfiles and configurations
- zsh as the default shell
- Neovim with plugins installed
You can now log in as timothy or switch to that user with su - timothy.