Update UNIX user information for a user and SVM
PATCH /name-services/unix-users/{svm.uuid}/{name}
Introduced In: 9.9
Updates UNIX user information for the specified user and SVM.
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
name  | 
string  | 
path  | 
True  | 
UNIX user name  | 
svm.uuid  | 
string  | 
path  | 
True  | 
UUID of the SVM to which this object belongs.  | 
Request Body
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
full_name  | 
string  | 
User's full name.  | 
id  | 
integer  | 
UNIX user ID of the specified user.  | 
primary_gid  | 
integer  | 
Primary group ID to which the user belongs.  | 
Example request
{
  "full_name": "Full User Name for user1",
  "skip_name_validation": true
}
Response
Status: 200, Ok
Error
Status: Default
ONTAP Error Response Codes
| Error Code | Description | 
|---|---|
23724128  | 
The specified Unix user full-name contains invalid character ':'  | 
23724089  | 
The specified UNIX user full-name is too long. Maximum supported length is 256 characters.  | 
23724055  | 
Internal error. Failed to modify the UNIX user for the SVM. Verify that the cluster is healthy, then try the command again.  | 
23724090  | 
Configuring individual entries is not supported because file-only configuration is enabled.  | 
Definitions
See Definitions
href
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
href  | 
string  | 
_links
svm
SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
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.  | 
unix_user
| Name | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
full_name  | 
string  | 
User's full name.  | 
id  | 
integer  | 
UNIX user ID of the specified user.  | 
primary_gid  | 
integer  | 
Primary group ID to which the user belongs.  | 
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.  |