# How to setup a test user, folders, etc for test kitchen

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-setup-a-test-user-folders-etc-for-test-kitchen/19919>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-setup-a-test-user-folders-etc-for-test-kitchen/19919 "2021-05-27T04:11:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@sarava](https://discourse.chef.io/u/sarava)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-setup-a-test-user-folders-etc-for-test-kitchen/19919/1 "2021-05-27T04:11:13Z")

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Requirement: The user id in my target server is appadmin and I should run the commands as appadmin.

I am trying to figure out how to setup a user named appadmin in the test kitchen.