User Details Screen Add or Edit User Screens Identification Settings User ID and Groups Settings Directories and Permissions settings Authentication settings The Credentials > Users screen displays a list of user accounts added to the system. By default built-in users except for root are hidden until you make them visible.
Figure 1: Local User non-Built-in Accounts Toggle Build-In Users displays either the Show Built-In Users or Hide Built-in Users dialogs based on the current Users list view.
Creating an Admin User Account Creating User Accounts Configuring a User Editing User Accounts In TrueNAS, user accounts allow flexibility for accessing shared data. Typically, administrators create users and assign them to groups. Doing so makes tuning permissions for large numbers of users more efficient.
Root is the system administration account for CORE and the Angelfish and early Bluefin releases of SCALE. Users migrating from CORE to SCALE or from the pre 22.
User Namespace User Commands Interactive Argument Editor (TUI) Create Command Create Configuration Properties Delete Command Get_Instance Command Get_Next_Uid Command Get_User_Obj Command Has_Local_Administrator_Set_Up Command Has_Root_Password Command Provisioning_URI Command Pop_Attribute Command Query Command Renew_2FA_Secret Command Set_Attribute Command Set_Root_Password Command Setup_Local_Administrator Command Shell_Choices Command Update Command Verify_Twofactor_Token Command The TrueNAS CLI guide for SCALE is a work in progress! New namespace and command documentation is continually added and maintained, so check back here often to see what is new!
The SCALE Shell is convenient for running command lines tools, configuring different system settings, or finding log files and debug information.
Warning! The supported mechanisms for making configuration changes are the TrueNAS WebUI, CLI, and API exclusively. All other are not supported and result in undefined behavior that can result in system failure! Figure 1: Shell Screen The Set font size slider adjusts the Shell displayed text size. Restore Default resets the font size to default.
