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<title>SSSD Manual pages</title>
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    <refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>sss_useradd</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    </refmeta>

    <refnamediv id='name'>
        <refname>sss_useradd</refname>
        <refpurpose>create a new user</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
        <cmdsynopsis>
            <command>sss_useradd</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_useradd</command> creates a new user account using
            the values specified on the command line plus the default values from
            the system.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1 id='options'>
        <title>OPTIONS</title>
        <variablelist remap='IP'>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-u</option>,<option>--uid</option>
                    <replaceable>UID</replaceable>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Set the UID of the user to the value of <replaceable>UID</replaceable>.
                        If not given, it is chosen automatically.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <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.
                        The default is to append the <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> name
                        to <filename>/home</filename> and use that as the home directory.
                        The base that is prepended before <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> is tunable
                        with <quote>user_defaults/baseDirectory</quote> setting in sssd.conf.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-s</option>,<option>--shell</option>
                    <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The user's login shell. The default is currently <filename>/bin/bash</filename>.
                        The default can be changed with
                        <quote>user_defaults/defaultShell</quote> setting
                        in sssd.conf.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-G</option>,<option>--groups</option>
                    <replaceable>GROUPS</replaceable>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        A list of existing groups this user is also a member of.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-m</option>,<option>--create-home</option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        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.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-M</option>,<option>--no-create-home</option>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        Do not create the user's home directory. Overrides
                        configuration settings.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-k</option>,<option>--skel</option>
                    <replaceable>SKELDIR</replaceable>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The skeleton directory, which contains files
                        and directories to be copied in the user's home
                        directory, when the home directory is
                        created by <command>sss_useradd</command>.
                    </para>
                    <para>
                        This option is only valid if the <option>-m</option>
                        (or <option>--create-home</option>) option is
                        specified, or creation of home directories is set to TRUE
                        in the configuration.
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>
                    <option>-Z</option>,<option>--selinux-user</option>
                    <replaceable>SELINUX_USER</replaceable>
                </term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        The SELinux user for the user's login. If not specified,
                        the system default will be used.
                    </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_groupshow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sss_groupmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sss_userdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry>
                <refentrytitle>sss_usermod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
            </citerefentry>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
</refentry>
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