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sss_useradd creates a new user account using the values specified on the command line plus the default values from the system.
-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.