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Delete a user account

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DELETE /security/accounts/{owner.uuid}/{name}

Introduced In: 9.6

Deletes a user account.

Required parameters

  • name - Account name to be deleted.

  • owner.uuid - UUID of the SVM housing the user account to be deleted.

  • security login delete

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

owner.uuid

string

path

True

Account owner UUID

name

string

path

True

User account name

Response

Status: 200, Ok

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

5636098

Last unlocked account that has an admin role cannot be deleted.

5636125

The operation is not supported on system accounts.

5636146

Cannot delete the last console account with admin role.
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.