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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
+<reference>
+<title>SSSD Manual pages</title>
+<refentry>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="include/upstream.xml" />
+
+ <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>-g</option>,<option>--gid</option>
+ <replaceable>GID</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the GID or group membership of the user to the value
+ of <replaceable>GID</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>
+ <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>
+</reference>