Use this command to search for users.
Purpose
Use the
searchUsers command
to find users in virtual member manager that match particular criteria. For
example, your can use the
searchUsers command to find all
users with a uid that starts with the letter 'd'.
If successful, the searchUsers command
returns a list of unique names of all users that match the search criteria.
Syntax
searchUsers { {-cn commonname –sn surname -principalName principalName -uid uid
-mail mail} [-timeLimit tlimit] [-countLimit countlimit] }
Exactly
one of the parameters (cn, sn, principalName, uid, or mail) must be specified.
If none or more than one is specified, an exception occurs.
Parameters
- -cn commonname
- Specifies the first name or given name of the user. This parameter maps
to the cn property in virtual member manager.
- -sn surname
- Specifies the last name or family name of the user. This parameter maps
to the sn property in virtual member manager.
- -principalName principalName
- Specifies the principal name of the user that is used as the logon ID
for the user in the system. This parameter maps to the principalName property
in virtual member manager.
- -uid uid
- Specifies the unique ID value for the user that you want to search for.
This parameter maps to the uid property in virtual member manager.
- –timeLimit tlimit
- Specifies the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that the search can
run. The default is no time limit.
- –countLimit countlimit
- Specifies the maximum number of results that you want returned from the
search. By default, all users found in the search are returned.
Sample
To search for all users that have a principal
name, issue this command:
$AdminTask searchUsers {-principalName *}
To
search for all users that have a uid that starts with the letter 'd', issue
this command:
$AdminTask searchUsers {-uid d*}