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Update the local user information for a user and SVM

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PATCH /protocols/cifs/local-users/{svm.uuid}/{sid}

Introduced In: 9.10

Updates local user information for the specified user and SVM. The PATCH endpoint is also used to rename a user and to set the password for the user.

  • vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user modify

  • vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user rename

  • vserver cifs users-and-groups local-user set-password

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

sid

string

path

True

Local user SID

svm.uuid

string

path

True

UUID of the SVM to which this object belongs.

Request Body

Name Type Description

_links

_links

account_disabled

boolean

Indicates whether the user account is enabled or disabled.

description

string

Description for the local user.

full_name

string

User's full name.

membership

array[membership]

Specifies local groups of which this local user is a member.

name

string

Local user name. The maximum supported length of an user name is 20 characters.

password

string

Password for the local user.

sid

string

The security ID of the local user which uniquely identifies the user. The user SID is automatically generated in POST and it is retrieved using the GET method.

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.
Example request 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "description": "This is local user.",
  "full_name": "user name",
  "membership": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "SMB_SERVER01\\group",
      "sid": "S-1-5-21-256008430-3394229847-3930036330-1001"
    }
  ],
  "name": "SMB_SERVER01\\user",
  "password": "string",
  "sid": "S-1-5-21-256008430-3394229847-3930036330-1001",
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  }
}

Response

Status: 200, Ok

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

655661

The user name should not exceed 20 characters. Also full_name and description should not exceed 256 characters.

655668

The specified user name contains illegal characters.

655675

The local domain name specified in the user name does not exist.

655682

The user name cannot be blank.

655732

Failed to rename a user. The error code returned details the failure along with the reason for the failure. Take corrective actions as per the specified reason.

655733

The specified password does not meet the password complexity requirements.

655737

To rename an existing user, the local domain specified in name must match the local domain of the user to be renamed.
Name Type Description

error

returned_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

membership

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Local group name. The maximum supported length of a group name is 256 characters.

sid

string

The security ID of the local group which uniquely identifies the group. The group SID is automatically generated in POST and it is retrieved using the GET method.

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

local_cifs_user

Name Type Description

_links

_links

account_disabled

boolean

Indicates whether the user account is enabled or disabled.

description

string

Description for the local user.

full_name

string

User's full name.

membership

array[membership]

Specifies local groups of which this local user is a member.

name

string

Local user name. The maximum supported length of an user name is 20 characters.

password

string

Password for the local user.

sid

string

The security ID of the local user which uniquely identifies the user. The user SID is automatically generated in POST and it is retrieved using the GET method.

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

returned_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.