fabtools.user

Users

See also

fabtools.require.users

fabtools.user.exists(name)

Check if a user exists.

fabtools.user.create(name, comment=None, home=None, create_home=True, skeleton_dir=None, group=None, create_group=True, extra_groups=None, password=None, system=False, shell=None, uid=None)

Create a new user and its home directory.

Example:

import fabtools

if not fabtools.user.exists('alice'):
    fabtools.user.create('alice')

with cd('/home/alice'):
    # ...

fabtools.user.modify(name, comment=None, home=None, move_current_home=False, group=None, extra_groups=None, login_name=None, password=None, shell=None, uid=None)

Modify an existing user.

Example:

import fabtools

if fabtools.user.exists('alice'):
    fabtools.user.modify('alice', shell='/bin/sh')