updateGroup command

Use this command to modify the properties of a group.

Purpose

Use the updateGroup command to modify the following properties of a group: These are the only properties that you can modify with the updateGroup command.

If successful, the updateGroup command returns the unique name of the updated group.

Syntax

updateGroup { -uniqueName uniqueName [-cn commonname] [-description description] } 

Parameters

-uniqueName uniqueName
Specifies the unique name value for the group that you want to modify the properties for. This parameter maps to the uniqueName property in virtual member manager.
-cn commonname
Specifies the new common name used for the group. This parameter maps to the cn property in virtual member manager.
-description description
Specifies the new information about the group. This parameter maps to the description entity in a virtual member manager object.

Sample

To change the common name of the group called operators to groupA and to change the description of the group to graphicArtists, issue this command:
$AdminTask updateGroup {-uniqueName cn=operators,cn=groups,dc=yourco,dc=com -cn groupA 
                        –description graphicArtists}
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