hyperhive/docs/tools/swarmctl-cli.md
atlas 6ca4887af4 docs(#3422): the user store is one file, not two
Six places asserted the old design as fact, and none of them mention the
change by name -- the class of doc breakage that is found by asking what
a diff made untrue, not by grepping for a feature:

- swarmctl/README.md and swarm-authelia-bridge/README.md both described
  their own private canonical store. The bridge's "known limitation"
  section described the seam as unsolved; it is what this fixes, so it
  becomes what both writers must uphold instead.
- docs/swarm/{sso,ui,secrets}.md described a rendered artifact.
- The repo CLAUDE.md entry for swarmctl said the same.
- docs/tools/swarmctl-cli.md is regenerated (CI diffs it against the
  clap tree), picking up the removed --store flag.

Operator-facing where it is read: the hand-editing consequence (values
survive a rewrite, comments do not) is stated in sso.md, where an
operator is being told to edit the file, rather than only in a module doc.
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# Command-Line Help for `swarmctl`
This document contains the help content for the `swarmctl` command-line program.
**Command Overview:**
* [`swarmctl`↴](#swarmctl)
* [`swarmctl user`↴](#swarmctl-user)
* [`swarmctl user add`↴](#swarmctl-user-add)
* [`swarmctl user update`↴](#swarmctl-user-update)
* [`swarmctl user list`↴](#swarmctl-user-list)
* [`swarmctl completions`↴](#swarmctl-completions)
## `swarmctl`
swarm-level operator CLI
**Usage:** `swarmctl [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>`
###### **Subcommands:**
* `user` — Manage subjects in the swarm's SSO provider
* `completions` — Generate a shell completion script for `swarmctl` and print it to stdout
###### **Options:**
* `--authelia-bin <PATH>` — authelia binary used to hash passwords. The argon2 parameters must match the verifier's, so this has to be the *configured* package rather than whatever is on `PATH`
* `--users-file <PATH>` — Host-side path of authelia's users database — i.e. the path inside the container, prefixed with the container's root.
This is the only user store: it is read before every change and written in place, and `swarm-authelia-bridge` writes the same file.
## `swarmctl user`
Manage subjects in the swarm's SSO provider
**Usage:** `swarmctl user <COMMAND>`
###### **Subcommands:**
* `add` — Add a user, generating a password for them
* `update` — Change an existing user's attributes
* `list` — List every user in authelia's users database
## `swarmctl user add`
Add a user, generating a password for them
**Usage:** `swarmctl user add [OPTIONS] <USERNAME>`
###### **Arguments:**
* `<USERNAME>` — Login name. Conservative ASCII only — it is a YAML map key and reaches access-control rules and logs
###### **Options:**
* `--display-name <TEXT>` — Name shown in the SSO UI. Defaults to the username
* `--email <ADDRESS>`
* `--group <GROUP>` — Repeatable
## `swarmctl user update`
Change an existing user's attributes.
Every flag is optional and they compose, so one call can set several things at once. Deliberately does **not** touch the password: regenerating a credential is a different intent from editing an attribute, and folded together an attribute edit can invalidate a login by accident.
**Usage:** `swarmctl user update [OPTIONS] <USERNAME>`
###### **Arguments:**
* `<USERNAME>` — Login name of an existing user
###### **Options:**
* `--display-name <TEXT>` — Name shown in the SSO UI
* `--email <ADDRESS>`
* `--add-group <GROUP>` — Repeatable. Adding a group the user is already in is not an error
* `--remove-group <GROUP>` — Repeatable. Fails if the user is not in the group — a revocation that reports success without revoking is the failure nobody re-checks
## `swarmctl user list`
List every user in authelia's users database.
Read-only: it never writes the file. Shows every subject in it, including agent identities `swarm-authelia-bridge` created — one line per user: username, display name, email (if set), groups (if any).
**Usage:** `swarmctl user list`
## `swarmctl completions`
Generate a shell completion script for `swarmctl` and print it to stdout.
Supports bash, zsh, fish, elvish and powershell. The nix package already installs bash/zsh/fish system-wide; this is for ad-hoc or other-shell use.
Dispatched before `PathArgs::resolve()` for the same reason as `markdown-docs`: emitting a completion script needs none of the `SWARMCTL_AUTHELIA_*` deployment env vars, and requiring them would make the package's own build-time invocation fail.
**Usage:** `swarmctl completions <SHELL>`
###### **Arguments:**
* `<SHELL>` — Shell to emit completions for
Possible values: `bash`, `elvish`, `fish`, `powershell`, `zsh`
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