# SSSD Manual pages

sss_usermod 8
sss_usermod modify a user account
`sss_usermod` options LOGIN

### DESCRIPTION

`sss_usermod` modifies the account specified by LOGIN to reflect the changes that are specified on the command line.

### OPTIONS

`-c`,`--gecos` COMMENT

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

`-h`,`--home` HOME_DIR

  The home directory of the user account.

`-s`,`--shell` SHELL

  The user's login shell.

`-a`,`--append-group` GROUPS

  Append this user to groups specified by the GROUPS parameter. The GROUPS parameter is a comma separated list of group names.

`-r`,`--remove-group` GROUPS

  Remove this user from groups specified by the GROUPS parameter.

`-l`,`--lock`

  Lock the user account. The user won't be able to log in.

`-u`,`--unlock`

  Unlock the user account.

`-Z`,`--selinux-user` SELINUX_USER

  The SELinux user for the user's login.

`--addattr` ATTR_NAME_VAL

  Add an attribute/value pair. The format is attrname=value.

`--setattr` ATTR_NAME_VAL

  Set an attribute to a name/value pair. The format is attrname=value. For multi-valued attributes, the command replaces the values already present

`--delattr` ATTR_NAME_VAL

  Delete an attribute/value pair. The format is attrname=value.