HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Command Line Interface Guide

toolbox, node, or node group, the process is interrupted, an error is generated, and the HP
SIM database is not changed.
3. During the third pass, mxauth performs the requested authorization addition or removal, and
updates the database.
Duplicate and undefined authorizations are ignored during add and remove operations.
Options
-a
Add authorizations. The wildcard character (*) is supported for nodename and
groupname .
-r
Remove authorizations. The wildcard character (*) is supported for nodename
and groupname .
-f filename
Specify a file that contains the list of authorizations to add or remove.
-l t
List all authorizations in tabular format.
-l f
List authorization information in XML format. The resulting file can be edited and
used to add or remove authorizations with -f.
-b encoding
Specify the character encoding for the XML file. This is used with -l f.
-u username
Specify the user for the authorization.
-U usergroupname
Specify the authorizations for user groups.
-R toolboxname
Specify the toolbox name for the authorization. Enclose toolbox names with
embedded spaces in quotation marks.
-n nodename
Specify the node name for the authorization. The wildcard character (*) is supported
for nodename.
-g groupname
Specify the node group name for the authorization. The wildcard character (*) is
supported for groupname. This option does not support user groups.
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When duplicate options are specified, the last instance of the option is used. For example, if you
enter -f file1 -f file2, mxauth uses file2.
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