account select

Displays or modifies an account.

You cannot modify the name of an account. Instead, you must delete the account and then add it with the new name.

Format

account select account_name parameter ...

Variable 

account_name

Name of an account.

Parameters   

contact name

Name of the person responsible for the account, up to 64 alphanumeric characters. If the name variable contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks (for example, "M Chen").

description text

Description of the account, up to 128 alphanumeric characters. If the text variable contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks.

disable

Disables the account.

email email_address

E-mail address, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the account.

enable

Enables the account.

group-admin

Changes the account to the group administrator permission level (enables the account to manage the group and all pools and objects in the pools).

mobile phone_number

Mobile (cell phone) number, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the account.

passwd

Password for the account.

Do not enter a password on the command line. Instead, enter a password (and confirmation) when you are prompted. The password must be between 3 and 16 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive. (Only the first 8 characters are validated). Neither your password nor your confirmation will be displayed on the screen.

If you enter an invalid password, you will be given a chance to correct your entry. If your second entry is still incorrect, the password routine will exit.

phone phone_number

Telephone number, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the account.

pool-admin list

Changes the account to the pool administrator permission level, for the specified list of pools. Pool names must be separated by commas only (no spaces).

permission

Sets the account permission as follows:

read-write — (Default). User can log in and change anything in the group or the pool (for a pool administrator).

read-only — User can display group information but cannot change it.

group-read-access — Allows pool administrators to see all the objects (for example, pools, members, and volumes) in the entire group, but change only the objects in their pools.

show

Displays detailed information about the account.

Examples

The following command modifies the password for the grpadmin account:

> account select grpadmin passwd

Enter New Password:

Retype Password:

Passwords are not echoed on the screen.

The following command specifies a description and contact information for an account:

> account select monitor

(account_monitor)> description "admin rd-only account"

(account_monitor)> email chen@cust.com

The following command displays details about the monitor account:

> account select monitor show

_______________________ Account Information _______________________

Name: monitor                    Description: admin rd-only account

Permission: read-only            Status: enable

Contact:                         Email: chen@cust.com

Mobile:                          Phone:

Last-Login: 2007-01-02:12:02:42  Type: local

Privilege: group-admin

__________________________________________________________________

The following command changes the monitor account to be a pool administrator (with read-write permission by default) for the pools staff and sales:

> account select monitor pool-admin staff,sales

The following command allows the pool3admin account to monitor all other objects in the group (does not change the ability to manage objects in their pools):

> account select pool3admin group-read-access enable

The following command removes the group-read-access permission from the pool administrator account kristen:

> account select kristen group-read-access disable

The account still has read-write access on all objects in its designated pool or pools, but can no longer see other objects in the group.