User templates
User templates allow you to apply predefined settings to new user accounts. Using templates, you can easily set up multiple user accounts with similar settings.
You can only use templates during account creation. You can use templates when creating accounts manually or when importing them from a file. You can’t use templates to modify an existing account.
If you change a template after you use it to create a user account, user accounts already created using the template aren’t updated to reflect those changes.
Setting | Description | ||||||||||
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Template Name | The name of the template. | ||||||||||
Allow user to | Select this to make users created with this template the administrator of your server. | ||||||||||
Home Folder | This is the location of the user’s home folder. From the Home Folder pop-up menu, choose “Local only” or “None Services Only.” | ||||||||||
Limit storage usage to | Select this, then enter a value to limit the user’s home folder storage usage. | ||||||||||
Login Shell | The user’s UNIX shell. By default, this is /bin/bash. | ||||||||||
Primary Group | The UNIX group the user belongs to. Typically, this should be the “staff” group. | ||||||||||
Groups | Other groups that the user belongs to. | ||||||||||
Keywords | Enter keywords that describe or help identify user accounts created with this template. Keywords enhance user searches. | ||||||||||
Notes | Enter a note about the user accounts created with this template. Notes enhance user searches. |