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Retrieve UNIX groups for all SVMs

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GET /name-services/unix-groups

Introduced In: 9.9

Retrieves the UNIX groups for all of the SVMs. UNIX users who are the members of the group are also displayed.

  • vserver services name-service unix-group show

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

id

integer

query

False

Filter by id

name

string

query

False

Filter by name

svm.uuid

string

query

False

Filter by svm.uuid

svm.name

string

query

False

Filter by svm.name

users.name

string

query

False

Filter by users.name

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

max_records

integer

query

False

Limit the number of records returned.

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is true for GET calls. When set to false, only the number of records is returned.

  • Default value: 1

return_timeout

integer

query

False

The number of seconds to allow the call to execute before returning. When iterating over a collection, the default is 15 seconds. ONTAP returns earlier if either max records or the end of the collection is reached.

  • Default value: 1

  • Max value: 120

  • Min value: 0

order_by

array[string]

query

False

Order results by specified fields and optional [asc

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

current_count

integer

Number of UNIX groups and members.

num_records

integer

Number of UNIX group records.

records

array[unix_group]
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "num_records": 1,
  "records": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "group1",
      "svm": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "svm1",
        "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      },
      "users": [
        {
          "name": "string"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
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

next

href

self

href

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

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.

users

Name Type Description

name

string

UNIX user who belongs to the specified UNIX group and the SVM.

unix_group

Name Type Description

_links

_links

id

integer

UNIX group ID of the specified user.

name

string

UNIX group name to be added to the local database.

skip_name_validation

boolean

Indicates whether or not the validation for the specified UNIX group name is disabled.

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

users

array[users]

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.