Managed Object - HostLocalAccountManager(vim.host.LocalAccountManager)

Property of: HostConfigManager, ServiceContent
See also: HostAccountSpec
Since: 2.0

Managed Object Description

This managed object type provides an interface through which local accounts on a host are managed. Note that this managed object applies only to applications that use a local account database on the host to provide authentication (ESX Server, for example). POSIX and win32 hosts may impose different restrictions on the password, ID, and description formats. POSIX host implementation may restrict the user or group name to be lower case letters and less than 16 characters in total. It may also disallow characters such as ";", "\n", and so on. In short, all the platform dependent rules and restrictions regarding naming of users/groups and password apply here. An InvalidArgument fault is thrown if any of these rules are not obeyed.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
AssignUserToGroup, ChangePassword, CreateGroup, CreateUser, RemoveGroup, RemoveUser, UnassignUserFromGroup, UpdateUser

AssignUserToGroup(assignUserToGroup)

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, local user groups are not supported and group specific methods will throw NotSupported.

Assigns a user to a group.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

user P

xsd:string

User ID of the account whose group membership is being assigned.

Since 2.0

group P

xsd:string

Destination group account to which the user is being assigned.

Since 2.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists	Thrown if the user is already a member of the target group.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
UserNotFound	Thrown if the specified user or group does not exist.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssignUserToGroup" type="vim25:AssignUserToGroupRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssignUserToGroupResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

ChangePassword(changePassword)

Updates the password of a local user account.

Required Privileges: System.Anonymous
Since: vSphere API 6.7.2

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.
user P	xsd:string	the user whose password will be changed. *Since* vSphere API 6.7.2
oldPassword P	xsd:string	the user's current (old) password. *Since* vSphere API 6.7.2
newPassword P	xsd:string	the user's new password. *Since* vSphere API 6.7.2

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidLogin	Thrown if the user and oldPassword combination is not valid.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ChangePassword" type="vim25:ChangePasswordRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ChangePasswordResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

CreateGroup(createGroup)

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, local user groups are not supported and group specific methods will throw NotSupported.

Creates a local group account using the parameters defined in the HostLocalAccountManagerAccountSpecification data object type. For POSIX hosts, passing the HostLocalAccountManagerPosixAccountSpecification data object type allows you to control the group ID format of the group account being created.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

group P

HostAccountSpec

Specification of group being created.

Since 2.0

P Required privilege: group

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists	Thrown if specified local group already exists.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateGroup" type="vim25:CreateGroupRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateGroupResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

CreateUser(createUser)

Creates a local user account using the parameters defined in the HostLocalAccountManagerAccountSpecification data object type. For POSIX hosts, passing HostLocalAccountManagerPosixAccountSpecification data object type allows you to control the format of the user ID of the user account being created.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

user P

HostAccountSpec

Specification of user being created.

Since 2.0

P Required privilege: user

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists	Thrown if the specified local user account already exists.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateUser" type="vim25:CreateUserRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateUserResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

RemoveGroup(removeGroup)

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, local user groups are not supported and group specific methods will throw NotSupported.

Removes a local group account.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

groupName P

xsd:string

Group ID of the group account being removed.

Since 2.0

P Required privilege: groupName

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
UserNotFound	Thrown if the specified groupName does not exist.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RemoveGroup" type="vim25:RemoveGroupRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RemoveGroupResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

RemoveUser(removeUser)

Removes a local user account.

As of vSphere API 5.1, this operation will first try to remove all permissions associated with the specified account. The permissions of the user are removed one by one, not atomically, and the operation is not rolled back if the removal of some permission fails.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

userName P

xsd:string

User ID of the user account being removed.

Since 2.0

P Required privilege: userName

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
UserNotFound	Thrown if the specified userName does not exist.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RemoveUser" type="vim25:RemoveUserRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RemoveUserResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

UnassignUserFromGroup(unassignUserFromGroup)

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, local user groups are not supported and group specific methods will throw NotSupported.

Unassigns a user from a group.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

user P

xsd:string

User being unassigned from group.

Since 2.0

group P

xsd:string

Group from which the user is being removed.

Since 2.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
UserNotFound	Thrown if the specified user or group does not exist.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UnassignUserFromGroup" type="vim25:UnassignUserFromGroupRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UnassignUserFromGroupResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

UpdateUser(updateUser)

Updates a local user account using the parameters defined in the HostLocalAccountManagerAccountSpecification data object type.

Required Privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the HostLocalAccountManager used to make the method call.

user P

HostAccountSpec

Specification of user being updated.

Since 2.0

P Required privilege: user

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists	Thrown if new account specification specifies an existing user's ID.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
UserNotFound	Thrown if user is not found.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UpdateUser" type="vim25:UpdateUserRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UpdateUserResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>