Local Users

Enter the user full name in Full Name. TrueNAS suggests a simplified name in Username derived from the Full Name, but you can override it with your own choice.

You can also assign a user account email address in the Email field.

Set and confirm a password.

Next, you must set a user ID. TrueNAS suggests a user ID starting at 1000, but you can change it if you wish. We recommend using an ID of 1000 or greater for non-built-in users.

By default, TrueNAS creates a new primary group with the same name as the user. To add the user to an existing primary group instead, clear the New Primary Group checkbox and select a group from the Primary Group drop-down list. You can add the user to more groups using the Auxiliary Groups drop-down list.

When creating a user, the home directory path is set to /nonexistent, which does not create a home directory for the user. To set a user home directory, select a path using the file browser. If the directory exists and matches the user name, TrueNAS sets it as the user home directory. When the path does not end with a sub-directory matching the user name, TrueNAS creates a new sub-directory. TrueNAS shows the path to the user home directory when editing a user.

You can set the home directory permissions directly under the file browser. You cannot change TrueNAS default user account permissions.

You can assign a public SSH key to a user for key-based authentication by pasting the public key into the SSH Public Key field. If you are using an SSH public key, always keep a backup of the key. Click Download SSH Public Key to download the pasted key as a .txt file.

By default, Disable Password is No.

Setting Disable Password to Yes disables several options:

• The Password field becomes unavailable, and TrueNAS removes any existing password from the account.
• The Lock User and Permit Sudo options disappear.
• The account is restricted from password-based logins for services like SMB shares and SSH sessions.

You can set a specific shell for the user from the Shell drop-down:

Setting Lock User disables all password-based functionality for the account until you unset it.

Permit Sudo allows the account to act as the system administrator using the sudo command. Leave it disabled for better security.

If the user accesses TrueNAS data using Windows 8 or newer, set Microsoft Account to enable those systems additional authentication methods.

By default, Samba Authentication is enabled. This allows using the account credentials to access data shared with SMB.