Adduser: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)

Updated: June 14, 2007

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

Updated: 2007-06-14

Operation name: Adduser

Adds a user account to the specified site collection and assigns it to the specified group or role. Use the siteadmin parameter to register the user as the site administrator.

Syntax

stsadm -o adduser

-url <URL name>

-userlogin <login name>

-useremail

-role <role name> / -group <group name>

-username

[-siteadmin]

Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required?	Description
url	A valid URL, such as http://server_name	Yes	The URL of the site collection to which the user account is being added
userlogin	A valid user name in the form: Domain\user_name For a non-Windows account, a valid user name can be in the form: providerName:user_name	Yes	A string that contains the user name
useremail	A valid e-mail address in the form: someone@example.com	Yes	A string that contains the e-mail address of the user
role	A permission level defined for the site, such as Full Control, Design, Contribute, or Read	Yes. Either the role or group parameter is required.	Adds a user to a permission level.
group	A group configured for the site, such as Team Site Members	Yes. Either the role or group parameter is required.	Adds the user to a group.
username	A valid user name, such as "Joe"	Yes	A string that contains the display name of the user
siteadmin	<none>	No	Specifies whether you want to add the user as an administrator to the site collection.

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