def create_user(self, name, **kwargs):
        """
        Creates users for the system using the GNU passwd tools. This
        will work on an GNU system. This should be overriden on
        distros where useradd is not desirable or not available.
        """

        # Add the user
        self.add_user(name, **kwargs)

        # Set password if plain-text password provided and non-empty
        if 'plain_text_passwd' in kwargs and kwargs['plain_text_passwd']:
            self.set_passwd(name, kwargs['plain_text_passwd'])

        # Set password if hashed password provided and non-empty
        if 'hashed_passwd' in kwargs and kwargs['hashed_passwd']:
            self.set_passwd(name, kwargs['hashed_passwd'], True)

        # Default locking down the account.  'lock_passwd' defaults to True.
        # lock account unless lock_password is False.
        if kwargs.get('lock_passwd', True):
            self.lock_passwd(name)

        # Configure sudo access
        if 'sudo' in kwargs:
            self.write_sudo_rules(name, kwargs['sudo'])

        # Import SSH keys
        if 'ssh_authorized_keys' in kwargs:
            keys = set(kwargs['ssh_authorized_keys']) or []
            ssh_util.setup_user_keys(keys, name, options=None)

        return True