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sss_seed [options] -D DOMAIN -n USER

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​.

-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​.

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)​.

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-idp(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) sssd-systemtap(5)

The SSSD upstream - https://github​.com/SSSD/sssd/