Account command line reference

lmi user and lmi group are commands for LMI metacommand, which allows listing and manipulation of users and groups on a remote host with installed OpenLMI account provider.

user

POSIX user information and management.

Usage:

lmi user list

lmi user show [ <user> ...]

lmi user create <name> [options]

lmi user delete [--no-delete-home] [--no-delete-group] [--force] <user> ...

Commands:

list

Prints a list of users.

show

Show detailed information about user. If no users are provided, all of them are displayed.

create

Creates a new user. See Create options below for options description.

delete

Delete specified user (or user list). See Delete options below for options description.

Create options:

-c gecos, --gecos=gecos

Set the GECOS field to gecos.

-d dir, --directory=dir

Set the user's home directory to dir. If this option is not set, a default value is used.

-s shell, --shell=shell

Set user's login shell to shell. If this option is not set, a default value is used.

-u uid, --uid=uid

Use user ID uid for the newly created user. If this option is not set, a default value is used.

-g gid, --gid=gid

Set user's primary group ID to gid. If this option is not set, a default value is used.

-r, --reserved

The user is a system user. Implies the -M option.

-M, --no-user-home

Don't create a home directory.

-n, --no-user-group

Don't create a primary group for user.

-p, --password=pwd

Set user's password to 'pwd'.

-P, --plain-password

If set, the password set in '-p' parameter is plain text. Otherwise, it is already encrypted by supported hash algorithm. See crypt(3).

Delete options:

--no-delete-home

Do not remove home directory.

--no-delete-group

Do not remove users primary group.

--force

Remove home directory even if the user is not owner.

group

POSIX group information and management.

Usage:

lmi group list [ <group> ...]

lmi group create [--reserved] [--gid=gid] <group>

lmi group delete <group>

lmi group listuser [<group>] ...

lmi group adduser <group> <user> ...

lmi group removeuser <group> <user> ...

Commands:

list

List groups. If no groups are given, all are listed.

create

Creates a new group.

delete

Deletes a group.

listuser

List a users in a group or in a list of groups.

adduser

Adds a user or a list of users to the group.

removeuser

Removes a user or a list of users from the group.

Options:

-r, --reserved

Create a system group.

-g, --gid=gid

GID for a new group.