SSS_SEED(8)

NAME
sss_seed - seed the SSSD cache with a user

SYNOPSIS

sss_seed [options] -D DOMAIN -n USER

DESCRIPTION

sss_seed seeds the SSSD cache with a user entry and temporary password. If a user entry is already present in the SSSD cache then the entry is updated with the temporary password.

OPTIONS

-D,--domain DOMAIN
    Provide the name of the domain in which the user is a member of. The domain is also used to retrieve user information. The domain must be configured in sssd.conf. The DOMAIN option must be provided. Information retrieved from the domain overrides what is provided in the options.

-n,--username USER
    The username of the entry to be created or modified in the cache. The USER option must be provided.

-u,--uid UID
    Set the UID of the user to UID.

-g,--gid GID
    Set the GID of the user to GID.

-c,--gecos COMMENT
    Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for the user's full name.

-h,--home HOME_DIR
    Set the home directory of the user to HOME_DIR.

-s,--shell SHELL
    Set the login shell of the user to SHELL.

-i,--interactive
    Interactive mode for entering user information. This option will only prompt for information not provided in the options or retrieved from the domain.

-p,--password-file PASS_FILE
    Specify file to read user's password from. (if not specified password is prompted for)

-?,--help
    Display help message and exit.

NOTES

The length of the password (or the size of file specified with -p or --password-file option) must be less than or equal to PASS_MAX bytes (64 bytes on systems with no globally-defined PASS_MAX value).

SEE ALSO

sssd(8), sssd.conf(5), sssd-ldap(5), sssd-krb5(5), sssd-simple(5), sssd-ipa(5), sssd-ad(5), sssd-sudo(5), sss_cache(8), sss_debuglevel(8), sss_groupadd(8), sss_groupdel(8), sss_groupshow(8), sss_groupmod(8), sss_useradd(8), sss_userdel(8), sss_usermod(8), sss_obfuscate(8), sss_seed(8), sssd_krb5_locator_plugin(8), sss_ssh_authorizedkeys(8), sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy(8), sssd-ifp(5), pam_sss(8). sss_rpcidmapd(5)

AUTHORS

The SSSD upstream - https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/