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    • Identity providers that authd supports
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    • Deploying and configuring authd with Landscape
    • Deploying and configuring authd with cloud-init
    • Command line tool (authctl)
      • authctl
      • authctl user
      • authctl user delete
      • authctl user lock
      • authctl user unlock
      • authctl user set-uid
      • authctl user set-shell
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      • authctl group delete
      • authctl group set-gid
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authctl referenceΒΆ

The authctl command line tool is used to manage authd users and groups.

Available commands:

  • authctl user delete
  • authctl user lock
  • authctl user unlock
  • authctl user set-uid
  • authctl user set-shell
  • authctl group delete
  • authctl group set-gid
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