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Retrieve a specific user account

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

Introduced In: 9.6

Retrieves a specific user account.

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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

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

applications

array[account_application]

comment

string

Optional comment for the user account.

ldap_fastbind

boolean

Optional property that specifies the mode of authentication is LDAP Fastbind.

locked

boolean

Locked status of the account.

name

string

User or group account name

owner

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account.

password

string

Password for the account. The password can contain a mix of lower and upper case alphabetic characters, digits, and special characters.

password_hash_algorithm

string

Optional property that specifies the password hash algorithm used to generate a hash of the user's password for password matching.

role

role

scope

string

Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "applications": [
    {
      "application": "string",
      "authentication_methods": [
        "string"
      ],
      "second_authentication_method": "string"
    }
  ],
  "comment": "string",
  "name": "joe.smith",
  "owner": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "password": "string",
  "password_hash_algorithm": "sha512",
  "role": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "admin"
  },
  "scope": "string"
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
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

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

account_application

Name Type Description

application

string

Applications

authentication_methods

array[string]

second_authentication_method

string

An optional additional authentication method for multifactor authentication (MFA). This is only supported with SSH as the application. Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTPs) are only supported with the authentication method password or public key. It is ignored for all other applications.

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

role

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Role name

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.