QUESTION: How do I create a single user account?

[john-catalano]

On my macOS Catalina system running docker, I can run the image, login to the web UI with any username/password, and even access the web UI from outside of my network.

I want to create a single user account, just for me. How should I do this? I looked to do it via htpasswd, but I cannot find that within the image.

These instructions look promising, but I am unfamiliar with adding users via the terminal. Would I run this from within the container, or from the host macOS system?

sudo addgroup --gid 2999 radicale sudo adduser --gid 2999 --uid 2999 --shell /bin/false --disabled-password --no-create-home radicale

And, I do want a password, so should I leave out "--disabled-password"?

[tomsquest]

Hi @john-catalano ,

I am in the same condition as you: I run Radicale just for myself. So basically we run without user management, so we don't need password and authentication. The config file is setuped for that (one can change it to check account, setup an admin and so on). This is particular to Radicale and I don't know much about user management by Radicale itself.

The user/group instruction from your comment is not relevant for user management in Radicale. It is only used for files and permissions, not for Calendars.

So in your case (and mine a couple years ago), I just created new Calendars using Thunderbird, using a username (eg. tom) and any password. Radicale won't check for a password (as per the config) and the calendar will be created. That's it, nothing more to configure.

[john-catalano]

I wish to use a defined account name and password (and reject all others). I will look to do this via the /config/config file. Thank you.

[tomsquest]

You're welcome.

FYI, I use auth provided by Caddy, my web server (basic auth on https). This works fine.