When you run a
DCLI command, authentication happens in order of precedence, which always
applies. That means, for example, that you can override an environment variable
setting from the command line.
If you are authenticating
through vCenter Single Sign-On, the order of precedence is preserved.
The following table shows the
DCLI authentication precedence order.
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The user name and password
specified on the command line take precedence, even if a credential store
exists.
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A user name
specified in an environment variable takes precedence over user names in the
credential store, but not over the command line.
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The user name and
password retrieved from the credential store. A custom credential store file at
a non-default location has precedence over a file at the default
location.
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