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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]

authentication_methods

array[string]

comment

string

Optional comment for the user account.

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

Password hash algorithm used to generate a hash of the user's password for password matching.To modify "password_hash_algorithm", use REST API "/api/security/authentication/password".

public_key

string

Public key for SSH.

role

role

scope

string

Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.

ssl_ca_certificate

string

SSL certificate for the chain of certificate authorities (CA) that have signed this user's client certificate.
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "applications": [
    {
      "application": "string",
      "authentication_methods": [
        "string"
      ],
      "second_authentication_method": "string"
    }
  ],
  "authentication_methods": [
    "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",
  "public_key": "string",
  "role": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "admin"
  },
  "scope": "string",
  "ssl_ca_certificate": "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

self

href

account_application

Name Type Description

application

string

Applications

authentication_methods

array[string]

is_ldap_fastbind

boolean

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

is_ns_switch_group

boolean

Optional property that specifies whether the user is an LDAP or NIS group.

second_authentication_method

string

An optional additional authentication method for multifactor authentication (MFA). This property is only supported for SSH (ssh) and Service Processor (service_processor) applications. It is ignored for all other applications. Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTPs) are only supported with the authentication method password or public key. For the Service Processor (service_processor) application, none and publickey are the only supported enum values.

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account.

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.

role

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

Role name

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.