SSS_SEED(8) SSSD Manual pages 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-files(5), sssd-sudo(5), sssd-session-
recording(5), sss_cache(8), sss_debuglevel(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)
sssd-systemtap(5)
AUTHORS
The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/
SSSD 02/09/2025 SSS_SEED(8)
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