Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual

udb.u: Managing User Accounts

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

Table 14–10 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 14–11 Arguments and Result for the udb.u.add Command


Argument		Syntax	Description
nu	Required	String	The user name of the new user
np	[O/R]	String	The plaintext password for the new user; required if an encoded password is not available or supplied.
nep	[O/R]	String	The encoded password for the new user; required if a plaintext password is not available or supplied.
ng	Optional	GroupArray	The user groups for the new user
hide	Optional	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 14–12 Arguments for the udb.u.cp Command


Argument		Syntax	Description
un	Required	String	The user name of the user whose password should be changed.
op	[O/R]	String	The old plaintext password.
oep	[O/R]	String	The old encoded password.
np	[O/R]	String	The new plaintext password.
nep	[O/R]	String	The new encoded password.

This command lists all user accounts.

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


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

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

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


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	Required	UserID	The user ID
result		User	The user

This command lists the permissions granted to a user.

Table 14–15 Argument/Result for the udb.u.lp Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	Required	UserID	The user ID
result		PermissionArray	The permissions

This command modifies an existing user; omitted arguments are overwritten.

Table 14–16 Argument/Result for the udb.u.mod Command


Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	Required	UserID	The user ID
np	Optional	String	The new plaintext password for the user, cannot be used in conjunction with the an encoded password
nep	Optional	String	The new encoded password for the user, cannot be used in conjunction with the a plaintext password
ng	Optional	GroupArray	The new user groups for the user
hide	Optional	Boolean	Whether the user is set to hidden
active	Optional	Boolean	Whether the user is set to active
forceFlush	Optional	Boolean	True means flush the user's session variables, if needed, false means abort the modification. Defaults to false.
loginConfig	Optional	String	The new login configuration for the user
result		User	The modified user