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vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user rename

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Rename a local user

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

Description

The vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user rename command renames a local user. The new user name must remain in the same domain as the old user name. + The new user name must meet the following criteria:

  • The user name length must not exceed 20 characters.

  • The user name cannot be terminated by a period.

  • The user name cannot include commas.

  • The user name cannot include any of the following printable characters: ", /, \, [, ], :, |, <, >, +, =, ;, ?, *, @

  • The user name cannot include characters in the ASCII range 1-31, which are non-printable.

Parameters

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver

This specifies the name of the Vserver.

-user-name <CIFS name> - User Name

This specifies the user name.

-new-user-name <CIFS name> - New User Name

This specifies the new user name.

Examples

The following example renames the local user "CIFS_SERVER\u_old" to "CIFS_SERVER\u_new" on Vserver "vs1".

cluster1::> vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user rename -user-name CIFS_SERVER\u_old -new-user-name CIFS_SERVER\u_new -vserver vs1