# How to manually add users and email in console mode?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [23 مارس 2015، 2:16م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669 "2015-03-23T14:16:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@doudou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doudou)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2015، 2:16م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/1 "2015-03-23T14:16:44Z")
I setup a localhost for test discourse. When I run
`./launcher enter app`
to get into the docker as root
how can I add discourse users and emails like
`rake admin:create`
?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2015، 3:25م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/2 "2015-03-23T15:25:53Z")
```ruby
rails c
u = User.create!(username: "name", email: "name@email.com", password: "password")
u.approve(Discourse.system_user, false) # if manual approvals are required
u.activate
```
If the user should be an admin, add `, admin: true` to the create line inside the parentheses; likewise for moderators.
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### Author:  [@doudou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doudou)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2015، 3:42م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/3 "2015-03-23T15:42:49Z")
Great. It is ok.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2015، 10:51م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/4 "2015-03-23T22:51:38Z")
`rake admin:invite` is very useful for inviting admins.
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### Author:  [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)
#### Post date: [30 يونيو 2015، 8:54م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/5 "2015-06-30T20:54:49Z")
Using this method, will the new user receive an invite email?
I am setting up a SSO site and I want to create accounts for all of my existing users **without** them receiving any email.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [1 يوليو 2015، 12:22ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/6 "2015-07-01T00:22:27Z")
Turn on the disable\_email site setting before adding the users to suppress the welcome emails.
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### Author:  [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)
#### Post date: [27 أغسطس 2015، 7:48م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/7 "2015-08-27T19:48:32Z")
Anyone have a way to script this for multiple users?
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### Author:  [@tonycurzonprice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tonycurzonprice)
#### Post date: [27 أغسطس 2015، 9:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/8 "2015-08-27T21:12:52Z")
@Jared_Needell - I did a simple kludgey thing for multiple users:
with a csv of all my users, I put them into a google sheet and created essentially this line for each entry with a string formula:
> =“u = User.create!(username: '”&B45&“', email: '”&A45&“', password: ‘xxx’, mailing\_list\_mode: ‘true’);u.approve(Discourse.system\_user, false) ; u.activate”
I then put the strings created into a file on the server (mail-import.rb), opened the console and typed:
> load ‘./mail-import.rb’
It worked a treat
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### Author:  [@tonycurzonprice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tonycurzonprice)
#### Post date: [27 أغسطس 2015، 9:19م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/9 "2015-08-27T21:19:27Z")
I do have a question about email notifications using this method.
I have added users through the console using the following commands:
> u = User.create!(username: ‘xx’, email: ‘xx@xx.com’, password: ‘xxx’, mailing\_list\_mode: ‘true’);u.approve(Discourse.system\_user, false) ; u.activate
I have enabled “Send all new users a welcome message with a quick start guide” in [http://forum.brickfield.org.uk/admin/site\_settings/category/uncategorized](http://forum.brickfield.org.uk/admin/site_settings/category/uncategorized)
However, emails are _not_ being sent to users being added in this way. They _are_ being sent to users I add through the web front end … (ie it’s not an email problem).
I want the users I add automatically to receive the welcome email - I am migrating a googlegroup and the welcome email will be useful in moving people. So does anyone know how I can alert the system to these added users being “new” users from the point of view of receiving the welcome message?
Thank you for any help
Tony
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### Author:  [@optimus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/optimus)
#### Post date: [13 يناير 2016، 4:23م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/12 "2016-01-13T16:23:57Z")
This is helpful! Is there a way to assign the user(s) to groups from command?
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### Author:  [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)
#### Post date: [5 مارس 2017، 7:07ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/13 "2017-03-05T07:07:09Z")
we can send an invite user then copy link invite user and create user in other tab
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [17 مارس 2017، 4:07ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/14 "2017-03-17T04:07:50Z")
I successfully used Jens Maier’s solution above, but there was no welcome email … I actually wanted a welcome email. Using the latest v1.8.0.beta7 with virtually default docker installation options and emails are working fine otherwise (I get a welcome email if I send an invite from the admin panel).
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [15 مايو 2019، 1:11م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/15 "2019-05-15T13:11:50Z")
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [15 مايو 2019، 1:25م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669/16 "2019-05-15T13:25:53Z")