adduser(8)
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NAME adduser - create an XSCF user account
SYNOPSIS adduser [-u UID] user
adduser -h
DESCRIPTION adduser(8) creates a new local XSCF user account. This account is used to
configure, operate, manage and administer the XSCF firmware. Initially, this
account has no password. It cannot be used for login until either the password is set
(using password(8)) or Secure Shell (SSH) public key authentication is set for the
user. The new account will be locked but not disabled. The system can support up
to 100 local users with an average length of 10 characters for the user operand.
If the Service Processor is configured to use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP), Active Directory, or LDAP/SSL for user account data, the user name and
UID (if specified) must not already be in use locally or in LDAP, Active Directory, or
LDAP/SSL.
When a user is created, adduser(8) command stores the current password policy
values in a file for the user. For more information on setting password policy see,
setpasswordpolicy(8).
Privileges You mu st h ave useradm privileges to run this command.
Refer to setprivileges(8) for more information.
OPTIONS The following options are supported.
OPERANDS The following operand is supported:
-h Displays usage statement.
When used with other options or operands, an error occurs.
-u UID Creates a new user with the given user identifier (UID). If
specified, the UID must be between 100 and 60000, inclusive. If not
specified, a UID is automatically assigned with a minimum value
of 100.
user Specifies a valid user name to be added. The maximum length of
the user name is 31 characters. A new local XSCF user account
name can be a combination of lowercase letters, numbers, "-", or
"_". Do not use uppercase letters. The first character must be a
letter. Examples of acceptable names include jsmith, j_smith, and
j_smith-0123.