Display User

View a specific user or a list of all users defined on the system. View account and group membership information.

Syntax

Output Columns

Column Name Contents
user String. Name of the user.
description String. Optional description of the user.
logged in Values: TRUE or FALSE.
password_reset_days Integer. The number of days before the password expires, or 0 if no expiration is set.
enabled Values: TRUE if the user account is active, or FALSE if the account has been disabled by an administrator.
change_password Values: TRUE if the user must change the password at the next login; FALSE otherwise.
type Values:
0	User is set up using native Essbase security.
1	User is externally authenticated using custom Essbase libraries. 
3	User is externally authenticated using the Hyperion security platform.
protocol If the user is externally authenticated using the Hyperion security platform, this field contains the value CSS. If the user is externally authenticated using custom Essbase libraries, this field contains the value given for MODULE-STRING. This field is blank if the type field is 0 (the user is not externally authenticated).
conn param If the user is externally authenticated using custom Essbase libraries, this field contains the value given for AUTH-PARAMETERS. This field is blank if the type field is 0 (the user is not externally authenticated). This field is also blank if the type field is 3 and the protocol field is CSS (the user is authenticated using the Hyperion security platform).

Examples

display user;

Displays all users on the system and shows whether they are logged in, whether their accounts are enabled, and whether their passwords are set to expire.

display user in group;

Displays the membership information of all groups on the system.

display user in group big_group;

Displays the membership information for a group called big_group.

Descriptions

You can display user information in the following ways using display user.

Key Phrase Explanation
all Display information about all users on the system.
<user-name> Display information about the specified user.
in group all Display membership information for all groups on the system.
in group <group-name> Display membership information for the specified group.

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