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gt-admin-user-create - Create an account

gt admin user create [<username>] [flags]

Create an account. On a terminal, gt asks for a missing username, email address and password; the new account must change its password on its first sign-in unless --must-change-password=false is passed.

active, admin, created_at, description, email, full_name, id, location,
prohibit_login, restricted, url, username, visibility, website

--admin[=false] Administrator privileges (use =false to revoke)

--email="" Email address

--full-name="" Display name

-h, --help[=false] help for create

--must-change-password[=true] Require password change on next sign-in (use =false to disable)

--password="" Password (prefer --password-file)

--password-file="" Read password from file or - for stdin; remove one trailing line ending

--prohibit-login[=false] Prohibit signing in (use =false to revoke)

--restricted[=false] Restrict account access (use =false to revoke)

--username="" Account username

--visibility="" Profile visibility, by default the instance's default {public|limited|private}

--csv[=""] Output CSV with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--debug[=false] Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr

--host="" Gitea instance URL, including any base path

--interactive[=false] Allow prompts with machine output

-q, --jq="" Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json

--json[=""] Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--no-input[=false] Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions

--sudo="" Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)

--user="" Account name on the selected instance

$ gt admin user create carol --email carol@example.com
# read the password from a file instead of a prompt
$ gt admin user create ci-bot --email ci@example.com --password-file pw.txt --must-change-password=false

gt-admin-user(1)

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