N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual

udb.u: Managing User Accounts

You can use the udb.u commands to manage individual user accounts.

Table 13–10 Summary of udb.u Commands


Command Name	Description
udb.u.add	Adds a new user account
udb.u.cp	Changes the password of the specified user
udb.u.la	Lists all user accounts
udb.u.lo	Retrieves information about the specified user.
udb.u.lp	Lists the permissions granted to the specified user
udb.u.mod	Modifies the specified user account

udb.u.add

This command adds a new user.

Table 13–11 Arguments and Result for the udb.u.add Command


Argument		Syntax	Description
nu	[R]	String	The user name of the new user
np	[R]	String	The password for the new user
ng	[O]	GroupArray	The user groups for the new user
hide	[O]	Boolean	Whether the user is set to hidden, default false
loginConfig	[O/R]	String	Login configuration to use for this user; default is ``internal,'' if available, otherwise required
result		User	The new user

This command changes the password of the specified user.

Table 13–12 Arguments for the udb.u.cp Command


Argument		Syntax	Description
un	[R]	String	The user name of the user whose password should be changed
op	[R]	String	The old password
np	[R]	String	The new password

This command lists all user accounts.

Table 13–13 Argument and Result for the udb.u.la Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
sh	[O]	Boolean	Whether hidden users are shown, default false
result		UserArray	The users

The udb.u.lo command retrieves the specified user.

Table 13–14 Argument and Result for the udb.u.lo Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	UserID	The user ID
result		User	The user

This command lists the permissions granted to a user.

Table 13–15 Argument/Result for the udb.u.lp Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	UserID	The user ID
result		PermissionArray	The permissions

This command modifies an existing user; omitted arguments preserve current values

Table 13–16 Argument/Result for the udb.u.mod Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	UserID	The user ID
np	[O]	String	The new password for the user
ng	[O]	GroupArray	The new user groups for the user
hide	[O]	Boolean	Whether the user is set to hidden
active	[O]	Boolean	Whether the user is set to active
forceFlush	[O]	Boolean	True means flush the user's session variables, if needed, false means abort the modification. Defaults to false.
loginConfig	[O]	String	The new login configuration for the user
result		User	The modified user