Data Object - HostPosixAccountSpec(vim.host.LocalAccountManager.PosixAccountSpecification)

Extends: HostAccountSpec
Since: 2.0

Data Object Description

This data object type contains a POSIX-specific parameter for local account creation.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
posixId*	xsd:int	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, this property is deprecated and is ignored. The user ID or group ID of a specified account.
shellAccess*	xsd:boolean	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, this property is deprecated and is ignored. CreateUser will always set this to true, and UpdateUser will set it to true if it is already false. As of vSphere API 5.1, shell access is granted only to users with Administrator role on the root folder and no other non-Admin role on any other inventory objects (and this property should not be false). Grants shell access if true. By default, shell access is disallowed. As of vSphere API 4.1, this property has effect only on users with Administrator role on one or more VIM objects. For all others the default is applied.
Properties inherited from HostAccountSpec
description, id, password
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="HostPosixAccountSpec">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:HostAccountSpec">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="posixId" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="shellAccess" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

vSphere Web Services API

Data Object - HostPosixAccountSpec(vim.host.LocalAccountManager.PosixAccountSpecification)

Data Object Description