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vserver services name-service unix-group adduser

Add a user to a local UNIX group

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description​

The vserver services name-service unix-group adduser command adds a user to a local UNIX group.

Parameters​

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver
Use this parameter to specify the Vserver location of the local UNIX group to which the user is added.
-name <text> - Group Name
Use this parameter to specify the local UNIX group to which to add the user.
-username <text> - Name of User
Use this parameter to specify the user name to add to the local UNIX group.
[-skip-name-validation {true|false}] - Skip Name Validation

By default, Data ONTAP validates the name to ensure it complies with the following rules:

  • The name contains only these valid characters: 0 through 9, A through Z, a through z, "_", ".", and "-".
  • The name does not start with the character "-".
  • The name does not contain "$" except as the last character.

If the parameter is set to true, the name validation is skipped.

Examples​

The following example adds a user named tsmith to a local UNIX group named sales on a Vserver named vs0: 

cluster1::> vserver services name-service unix-group adduser -vserver vs0 -name sales -username tsmith