Re: create_user, what goes into %user?

[Joe C. <jo...@sw...>]

Thanks a heap, Jamie.

That makes it downright easy.

Jamie Cameron wrote:


>> What I'm trying to figure out is, what needs to be specified in the
>> %user hash when calling create_user?  As I mentioned, the details of the
>> user will not be chosen on a per-user basis so I definitely don't need
>> all the funny bits being checked and configured in useradmin, but I want
>> to make sure I'm creating a functional and completely defined user.
> 
> 
> The hash keys that need to be in %user are :
> 
> user	- The username
> pass	- The encrypted password (you should call encrypt_password to generate this)
> uid	- The user's UID
> gid	- The GID of the user's primary group
> real	- The user's real name
> home	- Home directory
> shell	- The user's shell
> 
> In addition, if your system supports the shadow password file you also set the following
> keys if you want (if not, they will just be left empty which is the default)
> 
> change	- Days since 1st jan 1970 that password was changed
> min	- Days before password may be changed
> max	- Days after which password must be changed
> warn	- Days before password is to expire that user is warned
> inactive- The number of days of inactivity allowed for the user
> expire	- Days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is disabled
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
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