mkuser

Name

mkuser - Create an administrative user ID for the management node.

Syntax




mkuser userID [-l longName] [-p password] {-g | --usergrp name_or_id1[,name_or_id2,...[,name_or_id3]]}

Parameters

userID

: Specifies a valid Linux user ID. It will be converted to lowercase text.

Using unlisted arguments can lead to an error.

Options

-l longName

: Specifies the human-readable full name of the user. The minimum length, maximum length of the full name is 1 and 256 respectively. Optional.

-p password

: Specifies the password of the user. Prompts for password if not provided on the command line.

-g | --usergrp name_or_id1[,name_or_id2,...[,name_or_id3]]

: Adds the user to the supplemental group or groups. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no intervening white space. Optional. If the group is not specified, the new user will be added to the administrator group.

Using unlisted options can lead to an error.

Description

The mkuser command creates an administrative user ID for the management node. With this ID users can log into the management graphical user interface (GUI) and the command-line interface (CLI). Only users belonging to the "SecurityAdmin" group can issue this command.

Limitations:
-The number of CLI user groups is limited to 128.
-The number of users per CLI group is limited to 30.
-The number of groups per CLI user is limited to 30.
-The total number of CLI users is limited to 99.

Diagnostics

: No error - The command was successful.

: Syntax Error or Help - The command syntax was incorrect or --help was specified.

: No Permission - The user does not have permission to issue the command.

: Version Error - Mismatch between the expected and actual version of the software stack.

: Communication Error - Communication with other cluster nodes or back-end services failed.

: Timeout error - An operation waiting for data did not receive it within the time it expected it.

: Input error - An argument or option was invalid.

: Server error - An error occurred in a back-end service that caused the command to fail.

: Command error - An internal error occurred while executing the command.

: Invalid object - An object referenced by an argument or option value does not exist.

: Duplicate object - The object to be created already exists.

: Not enabled - The command is not enabled on this hardware platform.

: Not licensed - The license agreement was not accepted.

: User abort - The user aborted the command.

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