ns-activate(1M)

NAME | Synopsis | Description | Options | Exit Status | Examples | Attributes | See Also

NAME

ns-activate – activate accounts

Synopsis

install-path/ds6/bin/ns-activate 
 [-D rootDN] {-w password |  -w - |  -j filename} [-p port]
 [-h host] -I accountDN

Description

The ns-activate command activates an account corresponding to an entry. The command can also be used to activate accounts sharing a role.

Options

The following options are supported:

-?

Display the usage message.

-D rootDN

Bind using the Directory Manager (directory super user) rootDN.

When this option is not specified, the default bind DN, cn=Directory Manager, is used.

-h host

Bind to the specified host on which the Directory Server instance runs.

Default: localhost.

-I accountDN

Activate the account for the entry or accounts corresponding to the role having Distinguished Name accountDN.

-j filename

Read the bind password for simple authentication from filename.

-p port

Bind to the specified port on which the Directory Server instance listens.

Default: 389.

-w –

Bind with simple authentication, specifying the password interactively.

-w password

Bind with simple authentication using the specified password.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

1

An error occurred.

On error, verbose error messages are displayed on standard output.

Examples

The examples in this section use sample data from the Example-roles.ldif file.

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Example 1 Activating an Inactive Account Entry




The following command activates Barbara Jensen's account.

$ ./ns-activate -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j /tmp/pwd.txt \ > -I uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com activated.

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Example 2 Activating an Inactive Account Role




The following command activates the Directory Administrators role.

$ ./ns-activate -D "cn=Directory Manager" -j /tmp/pwd.txt \ > -I "cn=Directory Administrators,dc=example,dc=com" cn=Directory Administrators,dc=example,dc=com activated.

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Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWldap-directory-client
Stability Level	Stable

See Also

ns-accountstatus(1M), ns-inactivate(1M)

NAME | Synopsis | Description | Options | Exit Status | Examples | Attributes | See Also