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PowerScaleOneFS CLI Command Reference

isi auth users create

Creates a user account.

Syntax

isi auth users create <name>
  [--enabled {yes | no}]
  [--expiry <timestamp>]
  [--email <string>]
  [--gecos <string>]
  [--home-directory <path>]
  [--password <string>]
  [--password-expires {yes | no}]
  [{--primary-group <name> | --primary-group-gid <integer> 
    | --primary-group-sid <string>}]
  [--prompt-password-change {yes | no}]
  [--shell <path>]
  [--uid <integer>]
  [--disable-when-inactive <boolean>
  [--zone <string>]
  [--provider <string>]
  [--set-password]
  [--verbose]
  [--force]

Options

<name>
Specifies the user name.
--enabled {yes | no}
Enables or disables the user.
{--expiry | -x} <timestamp>
Specifies the time at which the user account will expire, using the date format <YYYY>-<MM>-<DD> or the date/time format <YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>T<hh>:<mm>[:<ss>].
--email <string>
Specifies the email address of the user.
--gecos <string>
Specifies the values for the following Gecos field entries in the user's password file:
Full Name: 
Office Location: 
Office Phone: 
Home Phone: 
Other information: 

Values must be entered as a comma-separated list, and values that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example, the --gecos="Jane Doe",Seattle,555-5555,,"Temporary worker" option with these values results in the following entries:

Full Name: Jane Doe
Office Location: Seattle
Office Phone: 555-5555
Home Phone:
Other information: Temporary worker
--home-directory <path>
Specifies the path to the user's home directory.
--password <string>
Sets the user's password to the specified value. This option cannot be used with the --set-password option.
--password-expires {yes | no}
Specifies whether to allow the password to expire.
--primary-group <name>
Specifies the user's primary group by name.
--primary-group-gid <integer>
Specifies the user's primary group by GID.
--primary-group-sid <string>
Specifies the user's primary group by SID.
--prompt-password-change {yes | no}
Prompts the user to change the password during the next login.
--shell <path>
Specifies the path to the UNIX login shell.
--uid <integer>
Overrides automatic allocation of the UNIX user identifier (UID) with the specified value. Setting this option is not recommended.
--disable-when-inactive <boolean>
The user account will be disabled when it has been inactive beyond the value specified.
--zone <string>
Specifies the access zone in which to create the user.
--provider <string>
Specifies a local authentication provider in the specified access zone.
--set-password
Sets the password interactively. This option cannot be used with the --password option.
{--verbose | -v}
Displays the results of running the command.
{--force | -f}
Suppresses command-line prompts and messages.

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