1SSS_SEED(8) SSSD Manual pages SSS_SEED(8)
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6 sss_seed - seed the SSSD cache with a user
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9 sss_seed [options] -D DOMAIN -n USER
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12 sss_seed seeds the SSSD cache with a user entry and temporary password.
13 If a user entry is already present in the SSSD cache then the entry is
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17 -D,--domain DOMAIN
18 Provide the name of the domain in which the user is a member of.
19 The domain is also used to retrieve user information. The domain
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25 The username of the entry to be created or modified in the cache.
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29 Set the UID of the user to UID.
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32 Set the GID of the user to GID.
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35 Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for
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39 Set the home directory of the user to HOME_DIR.
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42 Set the login shell of the user to SHELL.
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45 Interactive mode for entering user information. This option will
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50 Specify file to read user's password from. (if not specified
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54 Display help message and exit.
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57 The length of the password (or the size of file specified with -p or
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62 sssd(8), sssd.conf(5), sssd-ldap(5), sssd-krb5(5), sssd-simple(5),
63 sssd-ipa(5), sssd-ad(5), sssd-files(5), sssd-sudo(5), sssd-session-
64 recording(5), sss_cache(8), sss_debuglevel(8), sss_obfuscate(8),
65 sss_seed(8), sssd_krb5_locator_plugin(8), sss_ssh_authorizedkeys(8),
66 sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy(8), sssd-ifp(5), pam_sss(8). sss_rpcidmapd(5)
67 sssd-systemtap(5)
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70 The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/
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