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*Solaris

Add new user:

 $ useradd -d /export/home/fred -m -s /bin/ksh -c "Fred Smith" fred

where -d path to HOME dir, -m make home directory and copy the default skeleton files,
-s your favourite shell, -c your full name.

On Solaris /home dir inaccessible for creating home dir.

Change attribute already existing user:

 $ usermod -d /export/home/new-home-dir -s /usr/bin/bash