<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"> <reference> <title>SSSD Manual pages</title> <refentry> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/upstream.xml" /> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>sss_usermod</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv id='name'> <refname>sss_usermod</refname> <refpurpose>modify a user account</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sss_usermod</command> <arg choice='opt'> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </arg> <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1 id='description'> <title>DESCRIPTION</title> <para> <command>sss_usermod</command> modifies the account specified by <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> to reflect the changes that are specified on the command line. </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='options'> <title>OPTIONS</title> <variablelist remap='IP'> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-c</option>,<option>--gecos</option> <replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable> </term> <listitem> <para> Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for the user's full name. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-h</option>,<option>--home</option> <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> </term> <listitem> <para> The home directory of the user account. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-s</option>,<option>--shell</option> <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable> </term> <listitem> <para> The user's login shell. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-a</option>,<option>--append-group</option> <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable> </term> <listitem> <para> Append this user to groups specified by the <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable> parameter. The <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable> parameter is a comma separated list of group names. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-r</option>,<option>--remove-group</option> <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable> </term> <listitem> <para> Remove this user from groups specified by the <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable> parameter. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-l</option>,<option>--lock</option> </term> <listitem> <para> Lock the user account. The user won't be able to log in. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <option>-u</option>,<option>--unlock</option> </term> <listitem> <para> Unlock the user account. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/param_help.xml" /> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='see_also'> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <para> <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>sss_groupadd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>sss_groupdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>sss_groupmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>sss_useradd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>sss_userdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> </reference>