1CDIST-TYPE__USER(7)                  cdist                 CDIST-TYPE__USER(7)
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NAME

6       cdist-type__user - Manage users
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DESCRIPTION

9       This cdist type allows you to create or modify users on the target.
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REQUIRED PARAMETERS

12       None.
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

15       state  absent or present, defaults to present
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17       comment
18              see usermod(8)
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20       home   see above
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22       gid    see above
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24       password
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27       shell  see above
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29       uid    see above
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BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

32       system see useradd(8), apply only on user create
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34       create-home
35              see useradd(8), apply only on user create
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37       remove-home
38              see userdel(8), apply only on user delete
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MESSAGES

41       mod    User is modified
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43       add    New user added
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45       userdel -r
46              If user was deleted with homedir
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48       userdel
49              If user was deleted (keeping homedir)
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EXAMPLES

52          # Create user account for foobar with operating system default settings
53          __user foobar
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55          # Same but with a different shell
56          __user foobar --shell /bin/zsh
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58          # Same but for a system account
59          __user foobar --system
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61          # Set explicit uid and home
62          __user foobar --uid 1001 --shell /bin/zsh --home /home/foobar
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64          # Drop user if exists
65          __user foobar --state absent
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SEE ALSO

68       pw(8), usermod(8)
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AUTHORS

71       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
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COPYING

74       Copyright  (C)  2011  Steven  Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or
75       modify it under the terms of the GNU General  Public  License  as  pub‐
76       lished  by  the  Free  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the Li‐
77       cense, or (at your option) any later version.
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80       ungleich GmbH 2020
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856.9.6                            Apr 20, 2021              CDIST-TYPE__USER(7)
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