Use this command to modify the properties of a user.
Purpose
Use the
updateUser command
to modify the following properties of a user:
- uid
- password
- confirm password
- cn
- sn
- mail
These are the only properties that you can modify with the updateUser
command.
If successful, the updateUser command returns
the unique name of the updated user.
Syntax
updateUser { -uniqueName uniqueName [-uid uid] [-password password]
[-confirmPassword password] [-cn commonname] [-sn surname]
[-mail mail] }
Parameters
- -uniqueName uniqueName
- Specifies the unique name value for the user that you want to modify the
properties for. This parameter maps to the uniqueName property in virtual
member manager.
- -uid uid
- Specifies the new unique ID
value for the user. This parameter maps to the uid property in virtual member
manager.
- -password password
- Specifies the new password for the user. This parameter maps to the password
property in virtual member manager.
- -confirmPassword password
- Specifies the password again to validate how it was entered on the password
parameter. This parameter maps to the password property in virtual member
manager.
- cn commonname
- Specifies the new first name or given name, of the user. This parameter
maps to the cn property in virtual member manager.
- -sn surname
- Specifies the new last name or family name of the user. This parameter
maps to the sn property in virtual member manager.
- -mail mail
- Specifies the new e-mail address of the user. This parameter maps to the
mail property in virtual member manager.
Sample
To modify the uid of the user Dan Meyers from
from dmeyesr,cn=users,dc=yourco,dc=com to dameyers, issue this command:
$AdminTask updateUser {-uniqueName uid=dmeyers,cn=users,dc=yourco,dc=com –uid dameyers}
To modify the e-mail address and common name of the user Dan Meyers,
whose uniqueName is uid=dmeyers,cn=users,dc=yourco,dc=com, issue this command:
$AdminTask updateUser {uniqueName uid=dmeyers,cn=users,dc=yourco,dc=com
–mail meyersd@acme.com -cn Daniel}