To Update Security Manager Changes Using esfupdate

If you are using an external Security Manager and changes are made to the security information (such as adding a user or changing group membership), there are two ways in which you can notify Enterprise Server so that it uses the updated information:

• The Enterprise Server Administration interface
• The esfupdate utility

This topic describes the steps required to use the esfupdate utility.

The syntax of the esfupdate utility is as follows:

esfupdate [options]update-type[entity-name]

Options

A series of actions to perform. Possible values are:

Switch	Action	Meaning
-a	action	The update action to perform. One of "add", "delete", "modify" or "other". The default is "modify".
-u	user	The username for binding to Directory Server.
-p	password	The password for binding to Directory Server.
-m	host[:port]	The location of Directory Server. The default is localhost:86.
-r	server	The name of the server(s) to update. This can include wildcards.
-M		Updates the Directory Server.
-v		Displays version information and exit.
-h		Displays syntax information and exit.

update-type

One of "user", "group", "resource", "users", "groups", "resources", or "all".

entity-name

Must be supplied if update-type is "user", "group" or "resource". Otherwise omitted.

esfupdate -u CN=SYSAD -p SYSAD user SAFU