---
name: "sss_seed"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sssd"
version: "2.13.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sss_seed"
---

# sss\_seed(8)

seed the SSSD cache with a user

## NAME

sss\_seed - seed the SSSD cache with a user

## SYNOPSIS

**sss\_seed** \[*options*\] -D *DOMAIN* -n *USER*

## DESCRIPTION

**sss\_seed** seeds the SSSD cache with a user entry and temporary password. If a user entry is already present in the SSSD cache then the entry is updated with the temporary password.

## OPTIONS

- **-D**,**--domain** *DOMAIN*

  Provide the name of the domain in which the user is a member of. The domain is also used to retrieve user information. The domain must be configured in sssd.conf. The *DOMAIN* option must be provided. Information retrieved from the domain overrides what is provided in the options.

- **-n**,**--username** *USER*

  The username of the entry to be created or modified in the cache. The *USER* option must be provided.

- **-u**,**--uid** *UID*

  Set the UID of the user to *UID*.

- **-g**,**--gid** *GID*

  Set the GID of the user to *GID*.

- **-c**,**--gecos** *COMMENT*

  Any text string describing the user. Often used as the field for the user's full name.

- **-h**,**--home** *HOME\_DIR*

  Set the home directory of the user to *HOME\_DIR*.

- **-s**,**--shell** *SHELL*

  Set the login shell of the user to *SHELL*.

- **-i**,**--interactive**

  Interactive mode for entering user information. This option will only prompt for information not provided in the options or retrieved from the domain.

- **-p**,**--password-file** *PASS\_FILE*

  Specify file to read user's password from. (if not specified password is prompted for)

- **-?**,**--help**

  Display help message and exit.

## NOTES

The length of the password (or the size of file specified with -p or --password-file option) must be less than or equal to PASS\_MAX bytes (64 bytes on systems with no globally-defined PASS\_MAX value).

## SEE ALSO

[**sssd**(8)](/sssd/8.md), [**sssd.conf**(5)](/sssd.conf/5.md), [**sssd-ldap**(5)](/sssd-ldap/5.md), [**sssd-ldap-attributes**(5)](/sssd-ldap-attributes/5.md), [**sssd-krb5**(5)](/sssd-krb5/5.md), [**sssd-simple**(5)](/sssd-simple/5.md), [**sssd-ipa**(5)](/sssd-ipa/5.md), [**sssd-ad**(5)](/sssd-ad/5.md), [**sssd-idp**(5)](/sssd-idp/5.md), [**sssd-sudo**(5)](/sssd-sudo/5.md), [**sssd-session-recording**(5)](/sssd-session-recording/5.md), [**sss\_cache**(8)](/sss_cache/8.md), [**sss\_debuglevel**(8)](/sss_debuglevel/8.md), [**sss\_obfuscate**(8)](/sss_obfuscate/8.md), [**sss\_seed**(8)](/sss_seed/8.md), [**sssd\_krb5\_locator\_plugin**(8)](/sssd_krb5_locator_plugin/8.md), [**sss\_ssh\_authorizedkeys**(1)](/sss_ssh_authorizedkeys/1.md), [**sss\_ssh\_knownhosts**(1)](/sss_ssh_knownhosts/1.md), [**sssd-ifp**(5)](/sssd-ifp/5.md), [**pam\_sss**(8)](/pam_sss/8.md). [**sss\_rpcidmapd**(5)](/sss_rpcidmapd/5.md)

## AUTHORS

**The SSSD upstream - https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/**