Host Local Account Manager Update User

Host Local Account Manager Update User

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

Required privileges: Host.Local.ManageUserGroups

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostLocalAccountManager/{moId}/UpdateUser
COPY
Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case HostLocalAccountManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Request Body
UpdateUserRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
{
    "user": {
        "id": "string",
        "password": "string",
        "description": "string"
    }
}
HostAccountSpec
user
Required

This data object type contains common parameters for local account creation.

The password and description properties are not supported for group accounts on POSIX hosts.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

UserNotFound: if user is not found.

AlreadyExists: if new account specification specifies an existing user's ID.

InvalidArgument: if new password or description has an invalid format.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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