jk_addjailuser(8) - Linux man page

Name

jk_addjailuser - a utility to add a new user to the password database in /etc/ as well as in JAIL/etc/

Deprecated

jk_addjailuser is deprecated and will be removed from jailkit. The functionality is replaced by jk_jailuser

Synopsis

jk_addjailuser [OPTIONS] chrootdir username

jk_addjailuser [-c comment] [-d home_dir] [-e expire_date] [-f inactive_time] [-g initial_group] [-G group[,...]] [-m [-k skeleton_dir]] [-o] [-p passwd] [-s shell] [-u uid] username

Description

The jk_addjailuser utility creates a new user that will have a jailed shell. It will add the user to /etc/passwd (or equivalent on BSD like systems) using the useradd command with homedir /chrootdir/./home/username and shell jk_chrootsh It will also add the user to /chrootdir/etc/passwd (or equivalent) with homedir /home/username

Most of the options are passed to useradd Check useradd(8) for more info.

Options

-v
Will give verbose output
-h
The help screen
-c comment
Comment
-d dir
Home dir
-e date
Expire_date
-f days
Inactive time
-g group
Initial group
-G group1,group1,...
Additional groups
-m
Create homedir
-k dir
Skeleton dir
-o
Allow duplicate uid
-p passwd
Encrypted password
-s shell
Shell
-u uid
User id

See Also

jailkit(8) jk_chrootlaunch(8) jk_chrootsh(8) jk_cp(8) jk_init(8) jk_lsh(8) jk_procmailwrapper(8) jk_socketd(8) useradd(8)

Copyright

Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, Olivier Sessink

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