cdist-type__user(7)


Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. DESCRIPTION
3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS
4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
5. EXAMPLES
6. SEE ALSO
7. COPYING

1. NAME

cdist-type__user - Manage users

2. DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to create or modify users on the target.

3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None.

4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

comment
see usermod(8)
home
see above
gid
see above
groups
see above
password
see above
shell
see above
uid
see above

5. EXAMPLES

# Create user account for foobar with operating system default settings
__user foobar

# Same but with a different shell
__user foobar --shell /bin/zsh

# Set explicit uid and home
__user foobar --uid 1001 --shell /bin/zsh --home /home/foobar

6. SEE ALSO

  • cdist-type(7)

7. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).