USS_BULK(8) AFS Command Reference USS_BULK(8)NAMEuss_bulk - Executes multiple uss commands listed in a file (deprecated)
SYNOPSIS
uss bulk -file <bulk input file>
[-template <pathname of template file>] [-verbose]
[-cell <cell name>]
[-admin <administrator to authenticate>] [-dryrun]
[-skipauth] [-overwrite]
[-pwexpires <password expires in [0..254] days (0 = never)>>]
[-pipe] [-help]
uss b -f <bulk input file> [-t <pathname of template file>]
[-v] [-c <cell name>]
[-a <administrator to authenticate>] [-d] [-s]
[-o] [-pw <password expires in [0..254] days (0 = never)>>]
[-pi] [-h]
CAUTIONS
The uss command suite is currently designed for cells using the
obsolete Authentication Server, and therefore is primarily useful for
sites that have not yet migrated to a Kerberos version 5 KDC. The
Authentication Server and supporting commands will be removed in a
future version of OpenAFS, which may include uss unless someone who
finds it useful converts it to work with a Kerberos version 5 KDC.
DESCRIPTION
The uss bulk command executes the uss commands listed in the bulk input
file specified with the -file argument. If the bulk input file includes
add instructions that reference a template file, then the -template
argument is required.
To create a single account, use the uss add command. To delete one or
more accounts, use the uss delete command.
OPTIONS-file <bulk input file>
Specifies the pathname of the bulk input file. Partial pathnames
are interpreted relative to the current working directory. For
details on the file's format, see uss_bulk(5).
-template <pathname of template file>
Specifies the pathname of the template file for any uss add
commands that appear in the bulk input file. Partial pathnames are
interpreted relative to the current working directory. For details
on the file's format, see uss(5).
-verbose
Produces on the standard output stream a detailed trace of the
command's execution. If this argument is omitted, only warnings and
error messages appear.
-cell <cell name>
Specifies the cell in which to run the command. For more details,
see uss(8).
-admin <administrator to authenticate>
Specifies the AFS user name under which to establish authenticated
connections to the AFS server processes that maintain the various
components of a user account. For more details, see uss(8).
-dryrun
Reports actions that the command interpreter needs to perform while
executing the command, without actually performing them. For more
details, see uss(8).
-skipauth
Prevents authentication with the AFS Authentication Server,
allowing a site using Kerberos to substitute that form of
authentication.
-overwrite
Overwrites any directories, files and links that exist in the file
system and for which there are also "D", "E", "F", "L", or "S"
instructions in a template file referenced by an "add" instruction
in the bulk input file. If this flag is omitted, the command
interpreter prompts, once for each "add" instruction in the bulk
input file, for confirmation that it should overwrite such
elements. Do not include this flag if the bulk input file does not
contain "add" instructions.
-pwexpires <password expiration>
Sets the number of days after a user's password is changed that it
remains valid, for each user named by an "add" instruction in the
bulk input file. Provide an integer from the range 1 through 254 to
specify the number of days until expiration, or the value 0 to
indicate that the password never expires (the default).
When the password becomes invalid (expires), the user is unable to
authenticate, but has 30 more days in which to issue the kpasswd
command to change the password (after that, only an administrator
can change it).
-pipe
Suppresses the Authentication Server's prompt for the password of
the issuer or the user named by the -admin argument (the
Authentication Server always separately authenticates the creator
of an entry in the Authentication Database). Instead, the command
interpreter accepts the password via the standard input stream, as
piped in from another program. This enables the uss bulk command to
run as part of unattended batch jobs.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
EXAMPLES
The following example command executes the instructions in the bulk
input file called new_students, which includes "add" instructions that
refer to the template file student.template. Both files reside in the
current working directory.
% uss bulk new_students student.template
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer (or the user named by the -admin argument) must have the
privileges necessary to run the commands that correspond to
instructions in the bulk input file.
SEE ALSOuss(5), uss_bulk(5), uss(8), uss_add(8), uss_delete(8)COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
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It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams
and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.
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