IBM XIV STORAGE SYSTEM, User Manual

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A user with the predefined password admin can change the passwords of other
users. The Category (Role) of a user cannot be changed. The user Technician does
not require a phone number and an email address. Limitations on password
changes are as follows:
v
Any user can change his/her own password.
v
The predefined admin user can change all passwords, excluding the user
Technician.
v
Passwords are case sensitive.
Example:
user_update user=admin password=Passw0rd password_verify=Passw0rd
Output:
Command executed successfully.
Access Control:
User Category Permission Condition
Storage administrator Conditionally Allowed A user other than admin may
only change its won
configuration.
Storage integration administrator Disallowed N/A
Application administrator Conditionally Allowed A user of this category may only
change its own configuration.
Security administrator Conditionally Allowed A user of this category may only
change its own configuration.
Read-only users Conditionally Allowed A user other than admin may
only change its won
configuration.
Technicians Disallowed N/A
Completion Codes:
v
USER_NAME_DOES_NOT_EXIST
User name does not exist
v PASSWORDS_DO_NOT_MATCH
Passwords must be identical
v USER_PHONE_NUMBER_MUST_ACCOMPANY_AREA_CODE
Phone numbers and area code must be defined together
v
ADMIN_CAN_NOT_CHANGE_TECHNICIAN_USER
Administrators cannot change the details of the technician user
v
SMS_DESTINATION_REFERS_TO_USER
An SMS destination refers to the user and therefore it must have a phone
number and an area code
v
EMAIL_DESTINATION_REFERS_TO_USER
An email destination refers to the user and therefore it must have an email
address
v
USER_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_CHANGE_OTHER_USERS
This user is not allowed to change the details of other users
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