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<title>SSSD Manual pages</title>
<refentry>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/upstream.xml" />
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sss_seed</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>sss_seed</refname>
<refpurpose>seed the SSSD cache with a user</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>sss_seed</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>-D <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'>-n <replaceable>USER</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
<command>sss_seed</command> 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.
</para>
<para>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-D</option>,<option>--domain</option>
<replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
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 <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable>
option must be provided.
Information retrieved from the domain
overrides what is provided in the options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-n</option>,<option>--username</option>
<replaceable>USER</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The username of the entry to be created or modified
in the cache. The <replaceable>USER</replaceable> option
must be provided.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-u</option>,<option>--uid</option>
<replaceable>UID</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the UID of the user to
<replaceable>UID</replaceable>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-g</option>,<option>--gid</option>
<replaceable>GID</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the GID of the user to
<replaceable>GID</replaceable>.
</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>
Set the home directory of the user to
<replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-s</option>,<option>--shell</option>
<replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the login shell of the user to
<replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-i</option>,<option>--interactive</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Interactive mode for entering user information. This
option will only prompt for information not provided in
the options or retrieved from the domain.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-p</option>,<option>--password-file</option>
<replaceable>PASS_FILE</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify file to read user's password from. (if not
specified password is prompted for)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/param_help.xml" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/seealso.xml" />
</refentry>
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