# salt.modules.useradd

Manage users with the useradd command

Important

If you feel that Salt should be using this module to manage users on a minion, and it is using a different module (or gives an error similar to 'user.info' is not available), see here.

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, nologinit=False, root=None, usergroup=None)

  Add a user to the minion

  name

    Username LOGIN to add

  uid

    User ID of the new account

  gid

    Name or ID of the primary group of the new account

  groups

    List of supplementary groups of the new account

  home

    Home directory of the new account

  shell

    Login shell of the new account

  unique

    If not True, the user account can have a non-unique UID

  system

    Create a system account

  fullname

    GECOS field for the full name

  roomnumber

    GECOS field for the room number

  workphone

    GECOS field for the work phone

  homephone

    GECOS field for the home phone

  other

    GECOS field for other information

  createhome

    Create the user's home directory

  loginclass

    Login class for the new account (OpenBSD)

  nologinit

    Do not add the user to the lastlog and faillog databases

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  usergroup

    Create and add the user to a new primary group of the same name

  CLI Example:

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

salt.modules.useradd.chfullname(name, fullname, root=None)

  Change the user's Full Name

  name

    User to modify

  fullname

    GECOS field for the full name

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

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

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

  Change the default group of the user

  name

    User to modify

  gid

    Force use GID as new primary group

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  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

  appendFalse

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

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  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.

  name

    User to modify

  home

    New home directory for the user account

  persist

    Move contents of the home directory to the new location

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

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

salt.modules.useradd.chhomephone(name, homephone, root=None)

  Change the user's Home Phone

  name

    User to modify

  homephone

    GECOS field for the home phone

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.chhomephone foo 7735551234

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

  Change the default login class of the user

  name

    User to modify

  loginclass

    Login class for the new account

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  Note

  This function only applies to OpenBSD systems.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.chloginclass foo staff

salt.modules.useradd.chother(name, other, root=None)

  Change the user's other GECOS attribute

  name

    User to modify

  other

    GECOS field for other information

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.chother foobar

salt.modules.useradd.chroomnumber(name, roomnumber, root=None)

  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

  name

    User to modify

  shell

    New login shell for the user account

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

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

salt.modules.useradd.chuid(name, uid, root=None)

  Change the uid for a named user

  name

    User to modify

  uid

    New UID for the user account

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.chuid foo 4376

salt.modules.useradd.chworkphone(name, workphone, root=None)

  Change the user's Work Phone

  name

    User to modify

  workphone

    GECOS field for the work phone

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.chworkphone foo 7735550123

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

  Remove a user from the minion

  name

    Username to delete

  remove

    Remove home directory and mail spool

  force

    Force some actions that would fail otherwise

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

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

salt.modules.useradd.get_loginclass(name)

  Get the login class of the user

  name

    User to get the information

  Note

  This function only applies to OpenBSD systems.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.get_loginclass foo

salt.modules.useradd.getent(refresh=False, root=None)

  Return the list of all info for all users

  refresh

    Force a refresh of user information

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.getent

salt.modules.useradd.info(name, root=None)

  Return user information

  name

    User to get the information

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.info root

salt.modules.useradd.list_groups(name)

  Return a list of groups the named user belongs to

  name

    User to get the information

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.list_groups foo

salt.modules.useradd.list_users(root=None)

  Return a list of all users

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  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.

  name

    User to get the information

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.primary_group saltadmin

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

  Change the username for a named user

  name

    User to modify

  new_name

    New value of the login name

  root

    Directory to chroot into

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' user.rename name new_name