FreeIPA/Guide

Create a user for yourself in FreelPA

1. Click the link to the FreelPA web GUI in the Applications section of the System Administration Group - Documentation page
2. Enter a Username of admin and a Password of password1234
3. On the Identity tab, on the Users subtab, click the +Add button
4. Enter a username for yourself, and your name, and a temporary password (which you will be forced to change when you log on for the first time).
5. Click the Add and Edit button.
6. On the next screen check to see your login shell is /bin/bash and not /bin/sh.
7. Do you have your own SSH key already? It would probably be on your laptop in your home directory in the hidden directory ssh and named id_ecdsa or id _rsa. If not, follow Generating a New SSH Key to generate a key pair in a terminal or command prompt.
   1. Note that we recommend you to not make a passphrase, to avoid possible extra steps.
8. In a text editor, open the file in the ssh directory named id_ed25519.pub or other name your provided. Copy its contents to the clipboard. Be sure your opening the pub file containing your public key, not the file without an extension containing your private key!
9. Back in the FreelPA web GUI, find SSH public keys, and click the Add button. Paste the clipboard contents into the box and click Set. Click on the Save button under the tabs at the top of the page.
10. Click on the User Groups subtab and add yourself to the sysadmins group.

11. Done