imqusermgr

- command utility for managing a Message Queue user repository

Synopsis

/usr/bin/imqusermgr subcommand [[option]…]

/usr/bin/imqusermgr -h

/usr/bin/imqusermgr -v

Description

The imqusermgr utility manages a file-based user repository to authenticate and authorize users of a Message Queue message server.

imqusermgr provides subcommands for adding, deleting, updating, and listing user entries in the repository.

imqusermgr supports four management subcommands. These subcommands, and their corresponding options follow the imqusermgr command on the command line. See USAGE and OPTIONS.

The following subcommands are supported:

add

Add a new user and associated password to the repository.

delete

Delete a user from the repository.

list

Display information users in the repository.

update

Update the password or state of a user in the repository.

Options

The following options are supported:

-a active_state

Specify if user's state is active or inactive. An inactive user cannot create connections to the Message Queue message server.

Valid values for active_state are true or false. Specify true for active or false for inactive. the default is true.

Use this option with the update subcommmand.

-f

Perform action without user confirmation.

Use this option with the delete and update subcommmands.

-g group

Specify the group of the user.

Valid values for group are admin, user, and anonymous.

Use this option with the add subcommmand.

-h

Display usage help. Exceute nothing else on the command line.

-i brokerName

Specify the broker instance user repository to which the command applied. If you do not specify brokerName, the default brokerName is assumed.

Use this option with the add, delete, list, and update subcommmands.

-p password

Specify user password.

Use this option with the add and update subcommmands.

-s

Silent mode. Display no output

Use this option with the add, delete, and update subcommands.

-u userName

Specify user name.

userName cannot contain the following characters: asterisk (*), colon (:), NEWLINE, or RETURN.

Use this option with the add, delete, update and list subcommands.

-v

Display version information. Exceute nothing else on the command line.

Usage

The following subcommands and corresponding options are supported:

add -u userName -p password [-g group] [-s] [-i brokerName]

Add a new user and associated password to the repository, and optionally specify the user's group.

delete -u userName [-s] [-f] [-i brokerName]

Delete a user from the repository.

list [-u user_name] [-i brokerName]

Display information about the specified user in the repository. If no user is specified, all users are displayed.

update -u userName -p password [-a state] [-s] [-f] [-i brokerName]

update -u userName -a state [-p password] [-s] [-f] [-i brokerName]

Update the password or state (or both) of a user.

Environment Variables

The following environment variables affect the execution of this command:

IMQ_JAVAHOME

Specify the Java 2 compatible runtime. When this environment variable is not set, it defaults to /usr/j2se.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

Files

/etc/imq/passwd

Flat-file user repository.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

imqadmin(1M), imqbrokerd(1M), imqcmd(1M), imqdbmgr(1M), imqkeytool(1M), imqobjmgr(1M), attributes(5)

Sun Java System Message Queue Administrator's Guide