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/usr/bin/sss_seed

A daemon to manage identity, authentication and authorization for centrally-managed systems (FIPS)

From sssd-fips 2.13.2-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running sss_seed --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: sss_seed [OPTIONS] -D <domain> -n <username>
  -D, --domain=STRING            Domain
  -n, --username=STRING          Username
  -u, --uid=INT                  User UID
  -g, --gid=INT                  User GID
  -c, --gecos=STRING             Comment string
  -h, --home=STRING              Home directory
  -s, --shell=STRING             Login Shell
  -i, --interactive              Use interactive mode to enter user data
  -p, --password-file=STRING     File from which user's password is read
                                 (default is to prompt for password)

Help options:
  -?, --help                     Show this help message
      --usage                    Display brief usage message
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-D, --domain STRINGDomainhelp
-n, --username STRINGUsernamehelp
-u, --uid INTUser UIDhelp
-g, --gid INTUser GIDhelp
-c, --gecos STRINGComment stringhelp
-h, --home STRINGHome directoryhelp
-s, --shell STRINGLogin Shellhelp
-i, --interactiveUse interactive mode to enter user datahelp
-p, --password-file STRINGFile from which user's password is read (default is to prompt for password)help
-?, --helpShow this help messagehelp
--usageDisplay brief usage messagehelp

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