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. Informa- tion retrieved from the domain overrides what is provided in the op- tions. -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-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) AUTHORS The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/ SSSD 08/27/2026 SSS_SEED(8)
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