salt.modules.mac_user

Manage users on Mac OS 10.7+

salt.modules.mac_user.add(name, uid=None, gid=None, groups=None, home=None, shell=None, fullname=None, createhome=True, **kwargs)

Add a user to the minion

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.add name <uid> <gid> <groups> <home> <shell>

salt.modules.mac_user.chfullname(name, fullname)

Change the user's Full Name

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chfullname foo 'Foo Bar'

salt.modules.mac_user.chgid(name, gid)

Change the default group of the user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chgid foo 4376

salt.modules.mac_user.chgroups(name, groups, append=False)

Change the groups to which the user belongs. Note that the user's primary group does not have to be one of the groups passed, membership in the user's primary group is automatically assumed.

groups

Groups to which the user should belong, can be passed either as a python list or a comma-separated string

append

Instead of removing user from groups not included in the groups parameter, just add user to any groups for which they are not members

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chgroups foo wheel,root

salt.modules.mac_user.chhome(name, home, **kwargs)

Change the home directory of the user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chhome foo /Users/foo

salt.modules.mac_user.chshell(name, shell)

Change the default shell of the user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chshell foo /bin/zsh

salt.modules.mac_user.chuid(name, uid)

Change the uid for a named user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.chuid foo 4376

salt.modules.mac_user.delete(name, remove=False, force=False)

Remove a user from the minion

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.delete name remove=True force=True

salt.modules.mac_user.disable_auto_login()

New in version 2016.3.0.

Disables auto login on the machine

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.disable_auto_login

salt.modules.mac_user.enable_auto_login(name, password)

New in version 2016.3.0.

Configures the machine to auto login with the specified user

Parameters

• name (str) -- The user account use for auto login

• password (str) --

  The password to user for auto login

  New in version 2017.7.3.

Returns

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.enable_auto_login stevej

salt.modules.mac_user.get_auto_login()

New in version 2016.3.0.

Gets the current setting for Auto Login

Returns

If enabled, returns the user name, otherwise returns False

Return type

str, bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.get_auto_login

salt.modules.mac_user.getent(refresh=False)

Return the list of all info for all users

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.getent

salt.modules.mac_user.info(name)

Return user information

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.info root

salt.modules.mac_user.list_groups(name)

Return a list of groups the named user belongs to.

name

The name of the user for which to list groups. Starting in Salt 2016.11.0, all groups for the user, including groups beginning with an underscore will be listed.

Changed in version 2016.11.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.list_groups foo

salt.modules.mac_user.list_users()

Return a list of all users

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.list_users

salt.modules.mac_user.primary_group(name)

Return the primary group of the named user

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.primary_group saltadmin

salt.modules.mac_user.rename(name, new_name)

Change the username for a named user

CLI Example:

salt '*' user.rename name new_name