---
name: "gbrowse_create_account"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gbrowse"
version: "2.56+dfsg-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gbrowse_create_account"
---

# gbrowse\_create\_account(1)

Creates an account for GBrowse

## NAME

gbrowse\_create\_account - Creates an account for GBrowse

## SYNOPSIS

**gbrowse\_create\_account \[-pass password -fullname name -email address\] user** *user GBrowse user name* *\[-pass password\] If a password is not provided on the command line, you will be prompted for it on standard input* *\[-fullname name\] User full name* *\[-email address\] User email*

## DESCRIPTION

Creates a user account with the desired username and password. If the account already exists, then the password is reset. This script uses the "user\_account\_db"  option in the currently installed GBrowse.conf configuration file to find the appropriate accounts database.\
 **WARNING:** This script should be run as the web server user using "sudo -u www-data $0". If it detects that it is not being run as this user, it will attempt to sudo itself for you.

## AUTHOR

Olivier Sallou (olivier.sallou (at) irisa.fr) - Man page and packaging Lincoln Stein - GBrowse