SSS_USERADD(8)
NAME
sss_useradd - create a new user
SYNOPSIS
sss_useradd [options] LOGIN
DESCRIPTION
sss_useradd creates a new user account using the values specified on
the command line plus the default values from the system.
OPTIONS
- -u,--uid UID
- Set the UID of the user to the value of UID. If not given, it is chosen automatically.
- -c,--gecos COMMENT
- Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for
the user's full name. - -h,--home HOME_DIR
- The home directory of the user account. The default is to append
the LOGIN name to /home and use that as the home directory. The base that is prepended before LOGIN is tunable with
"user_defaults/baseDirectory" setting in sssd.conf. - -s,--shell SHELL
- The user's login shell. The default is currently /bin/bash. The
default can be changed with "user_defaults/defaultShell" setting in sssd.conf. - -G,--groups GROUPS
- A list of existing groups this user is also a member of.
- -m,--create-home
- Create the user's home directory if it does not exist. The files
and directories contained in the skeleton directory (which can be
defined with the -k option or in the config file) will be copied to the home directory. - -M,--no-create-home
- Do not create the user's home directory. Overrides configuration
settings. - -k,--skel SKELDIR
- The skeleton directory, which contains files and directories to be
copied in the user's home directory, when the home directory is
created by sss_useradd. - This option is only valid if the -m (or --create-home) option is
specified, or creation of home directories is set to TRUE in the
configuration. - -Z,--selinux-user SELINUX_USER
- The SELinux user for the user's login. If not specified, the system default will be used.
- -h,--help
- Display help message and exit.
SEE ALSO
sss_groupadd(8), sss_groupdel(8), sss_groupshow(8), sss_groupmod(8), sss_userdel(8), sss_usermod(8).
AUTHORS
- The SSSD upstream - http://fedorahosted.org/sssd