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.SH "NAME" sss_seed - seed the SSSD cache with a user
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 216u
sss_seed
[options]
-D DOMAIN
-n USER
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP 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.
.PP
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP -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.
.RE
.PP -n,--username USER
The username of the entry to be created or modified in the cache. The
USER option must be provided.
.RE
.PP -u,--uid UID
Set the UID of the user to UID.
.RE
.PP -g,--gid GID
Set the GID of the user to GID.
.RE
.PP -c,--gecos COMMENT
Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for the user's
full name.
.RE
.PP -h,--home HOME_DIR
Set the home directory of the user to HOME_DIR.
.RE
.PP -s,--shell SHELL
Set the login shell of the user to SHELL.
.RE
.PP -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.
.RE
.PP -p,--password-file PASS_FILE
Specify file to read user's password from. (if not specified password is
prompted for)
.RE
.PP -?,--help
Display help message and exit.
.SH "NOTES"
.PP 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).
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP sssd(8), sssd.conf(5), sssd-ldap(5),
sssd-ldap-attributes(5), sssd-krb5(5), sssd-simple(5),
sssd-ipa(5), sssd-ad(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(1),
sss_ssh_knownhosts(1), sssd-ifp(5), pam_sss(8).
sss_rpcidmapd(5)
AUTHORS
The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/
| 10/11/2026 | SSSD |