salt.modules.useradd

Manage users with the useradd command

salt.modules.useradd.add(name, uid=None, gid=None, groups=None, home=None, shell=None, unique=True, system=False, fullname='', roomnumber='', workphone='', homephone='', other='', createhome=True, loginclass=None, root=None, nologinit=False)

Add a user to the minion

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.add name <uid> <gid> <groups> <home> <shell>

salt.modules.useradd.chfullname(name, fullname)

Change the user's Full Name

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chfullname foo "Foo Bar"

salt.modules.useradd.chgid(name, gid, root=None)

Change the default group of the user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chgid foo 4376

salt.modules.useradd.chgroups(name, groups, append=False, root=None)

Change the groups to which this user belongs

name

User to modify

groups

Groups to set for the user

append : False

If True, append the specified group(s). Otherwise, this function will replace the user's groups with the specified group(s).

CLI Examples:

salt '*' user.chgroups foo wheel,root
salt '*' user.chgroups foo wheel,root append=True

salt.modules.useradd.chhome(name, home, persist=False, root=None)

Change the home directory of the user, pass True for persist to move files to the new home directory if the old home directory exist.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chhome foo /home/users/foo True

salt.modules.useradd.chhomephone(name, homephone)

Change the user's Home Phone

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chhomephone foo 7735551234

salt.modules.useradd.chloginclass(name, loginclass, root=None)

Change the default login class of the user

Note

This function only applies to OpenBSD systems.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chloginclass foo staff

salt.modules.useradd.chother(name, other)

Change the user's other GECOS attribute

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chother foobar

salt.modules.useradd.chroomnumber(name, roomnumber)

Change the user's Room Number

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chroomnumber foo 123

salt.modules.useradd.chshell(name, shell, root=None)

Change the default shell of the user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chshell foo /bin/zsh

salt.modules.useradd.chuid(name, uid)

Change the uid for a named user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chuid foo 4376

salt.modules.useradd.chworkphone(name, workphone)

Change the user's Work Phone

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chworkphone foo 7735550123

salt.modules.useradd.delete(name, remove=False, force=False, root=None)

Remove a user from the minion

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.delete name remove=True force=True

salt.modules.useradd.get_loginclass(name)

Get the login class of the user

Note

This function only applies to OpenBSD systems.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.get_loginclass foo

salt.modules.useradd.getent(refresh=False)

Return the list of all info for all users

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.getent

salt.modules.useradd.info(name)

Return user information

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.info root

salt.modules.useradd.list_groups(name)

Return a list of groups the named user belongs to

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.list_groups foo

salt.modules.useradd.list_users()

Return a list of all users

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.list_users

salt.modules.useradd.primary_group(name)

Return the primary group of the named user

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.primary_group saltadmin

salt.modules.useradd.rename(name, new_name, root=None)

Change the username for a named user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.rename name new_name