HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Linux
mxexec(8)
mxauth
Adds, removes, or lists authorizations in HP SIM.
Synopsis
mxauth -a|r -u username | -U usergroupname -R toolboxname -n nodename
mxauth -a|r -u username | -U usergroupname -R toolboxname -g groupname
mxauth -a|r -f filename
mxauth [-l t]
mxauth -l f [-b encoding ]
Description
The mxauth command is used to manage authorizations. These associations between users, user group
name, toolboxes, and nodes or node groups can be added or removed only by administrative rights users.
Any HP SIM user can list authorizations. Authorizations formed from users, toolboxes, and nodes are called
node authorizations .
• mxauth -a|r -u username -U usergroupname -R toolboxname -n nodename
This command enables administrative rights users to add or remove one node authorization.
Asterisks are supported for the nodename parameter. HP SIM recognizes the asterisk as a wildcard
character to indicate adding the node authorization for all currently configured nodes. When using the
wildcard character on the command line, enclose it in quotation marks to prevent the shell interpreter
from preprocessing it.
• mxauth -a|r -u username -U usergroupname -R toolboxname -g groupname
This command enables administration rights users to add or remove one node group authorization.
Asterisks are supported for the groupname parameter. HP SIM recognizes the asterisk as a wildcard
character to indicate adding the node group authorization for all currently configured node groups.
When using the wildcard character on the command line, enclose it in quotation marks to prevent the
shell interpreter from preprocessing it.
• mxauth -a|r -f filename
This command enables administrative rights users to add or remove multiple authorizations by specifying
an input file containing node and node group authorizations. The file must be formatted in the required
XML format. See XML file support, Examples, and the mxauth(4)manpage for more information.
• mxauth [-l t]
This command lists information about one or more authorizations in simple or tabular format.
When you run mxauth with no options, the output lists all authorization names in simple form with the
authorization fields separated by colons (:).
Node authorizations for both Users and UserGroups are listed in the following format. Any User Group
authorizations are prefixed with “U:”.
user:toolboxname:n:nodename
U:usergroupname:toolboxname:n:nodename
Node group authorizations for both Users and User Groups are listed in the following format. Any User
Group authorizations are prefixed with “U:”.
user:toolboxname:g:groupname
U:usergroupname:toolboxname:g:nodegroupname
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