From 6dd9e93346b2d8a55540c855ea8ce976a51fceef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moritz Poldrack <git@moritz.sh>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:00:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] expanded arguments in useradd to be easier to understand for
 beginners

---
 docs/running-headscale-linux.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
index e3e96990..89d02e87 100644
--- a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
+++ b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ mkdir -p /etc/headscale
 # Directory for Database, and other variable data (like certificates)
 mkdir -p /var/lib/headscale
 # or if you create a headscale user:
-useradd -md /var/lib/headscale/ -rUs /usr/bin/nologin headscale
+useradd \
+	--create-home \
+	--home-dir /var/lib/headscale/ \
+	--system \
+	--user-group \
+	--shell /usr/bin/nologin \
+	headscale
 ```
 
 4. Create an empty SQLite database: