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}