NAME
pts_removeuser - Removes a user from a Protection Database group
SYNOPSIS
pts removeuser -user <user name>+ -group <group name>+
[-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-force]
[-help]
pts rem -u <user name>+ -g <group name>+
[-c <cell name>] [-n] [-l] [-f] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The pts removeuser command removes each user or machine named by the
-user argument from each group named by the -group argument.
To add users to a group, use the pts adduser command. To list group
membership, use the pts membership command. To remove users from a
group and delete the group’s entry completely in a single step, use the
pts delete command.
CAUTIONS
AFS compiles each user’s group membership as he or she authenticates.
Any users who have valid tokens when they are removed from a group
retain the privileges extended to that group’s members until they
discard their tokens or reauthenticate.
OPTIONS
-name <user name>+
Specifies the name of each user entry or the IP address (complete
or wildcard-style) of each machine entry to remove.
-group <group name>+
Names each group from which to remove members.
-cell <cell name>
Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see
pts(1).
-noauth
Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more
details, see pts(1).
-localauth
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
/etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. Do not combine this flag with the
-cell or -noauth options. For more details, see pts(1).
-force
Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when
errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at
the first error.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
EXAMPLES
The following example removes user smith from the groups "staff" and
"staff:finance". Note that no switch names are necessary because only a
single instance is provided for the first argument (the username).
% pts removeuser smith staff staff:finance
The following example removes three machine entries, which represent
all machines in the ABC Corporation network, from the group "bin-prot":
% pts removeuser -user 138.255.0.0 192.12.105.0 192.12.106.0 -group bin-prot
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The required privilege depends on the setting of the fifth privacy flag
in the Protection Database for the group named by the -group argument
(use the pts examine command to display the flags):
· If it is the hyphen, only the group’s owner and members of the
system:administrators group can remove members.
· If it is lowercase "r", members of the group can also remove other
members.
(It is not possible to set the fifth flag to uppercase "R".)
SEE ALSO
pts(1), pts_adduser(1), pts_examine(1), pts_membership(1),
pts_setfields(1)
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