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sss_usermod modifies the
account specified by LOGIN
to reflect the changes that are specified on the command line.
-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.
-s,--shell
SHELL
The user's login shell.
-a,--append-group
GROUPS
Append this user to groups specified by the
GROUPS parameter.
The GROUPS parameter
is a comma separated list of group names.
-r,--remove-group
GROUPS
Remove this user from groups specified by the
GROUPS parameter.
-l,--lock
Lock the user account. The user won't be able to log in.
-u,--unlock
Unlock the user account.
-Z,--selinux-user
SELINUX_USER
The SELinux user for the user's login.
-h,--help
Display help message and exit.
In order to function correctly, a domain with “id_provider=local” must be created and the SSSD must be running.
The administrator might want to use the SSSD local users instead of traditional UNIX users in cases where the group nesting (see sss_groupadd(8)) is needed. The local users are also useful for testing and development of the SSSD without having to deploy a full remote server. The sss_user* and sss_group* tools use a local LDB storage to store users and groups.