Adding a User

Before we add a user, we first need to generate its password hash:

slappasswd -h {SHA} -s my_secret_password

yielding this result:

{SHA}M6XDJwA47cNw9gm5kXV1uTQuMoY=

We will use this result when creating our user file. Make the following file and name it add_user.ldif

dn: uid=john,ou=people,dc=test,dc=com

cn: John Doe

givenName: John

sn: Doe

uid: john

uidNumber: 5000

gidNumber: 10000

homeDirectory: /home/john

mail: john.doe@example.com

objectClass: top

objectClass: posixAccount

objectClass: shadowAccount

objectClass: inetOrgPerson

objectClass: organizationalPerson

objectClass: person

loginShell: /bin/bash

userPassword: {SHA}M6XDJwA47cNw9gm5kXV1uTQuMoY=

And add it by running:

ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=test,dc=com -W -f add_user.ldif