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user query-by-prefix

Sara Levy
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This command queries Active Directory domains for users by name prefix. It returns identifiers for users whose names share a specified prefix.

Tip

The identifier for a given user can be provided in a view modify command as --share-ace-sid-str or --share-ace-uid-or-gid in order to configure an share-level ACE for the user.

Usage
user  query-by-prefix --fqdn FQDN|ALL
                      --prefix PREFIX
                      [--active-directory-id ID]
                      [--tenant-id ID]
Required Parameters

--fqdn FQDN|ALL

Specifies either a specific fully qualified domain name of a joined Active Directory domain or 'ALL' to query all AD domains to which the cluster is joined.

--prefix PREFIX

Specifies a string prefix to query for users on the specified domain.
Options

--active-directory-id ID

Specifies the ID of Active Directory configuration under which user domains are searched for.

--tenant-id ID

Limits the search to the tenant specified with the tenant ID.
Example
vcli: admin> user query-by-prefix --fqdn ad.arandomorg.com VastENG.lab --prefix com
+-------+-------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Name  | FQDN              | Identifier type | Identifier                                   |
+-------+-------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------+
| comet | ad.arandomorg.com | sid_str         | S-x-x-xx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxx |
+-------+-------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------+
Command Output

Name

Name of a user.

FQDN

Fully qualified domain name of a joined Active Directory domain.

Identifier type

Identifier attribute. Can be either:

  • sid_str. User's SID attribute.

  • uid_or_gid. User's UID number attribute.

Identifier

Identifier of type specified as Identifier type.

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