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DESCRIPTION: Created directory pegasus/rpm/manLinux/man8.Z.  Moved man pages for cimauth, cimprovider, cimconfig and cimserver from man1m.Z to man8.Z.  Updated text to reflect the change.  Removed references to HP in text. Updated directory references.

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.TH cimauth 8
.SH NAME
cimauth \- add, modify, remove, or list CIM namespace authorizations of users
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcimauth -a -u\fP username \fB-n\fP namespace [ \fB-R\fP ] [ \fB-W\fP ]

\fBcimauth -m -u\fP username \fB-n\fP namespace [ \fB-R\fP ] [ \fB-W\fP ]

\fBcimauth -r -u\fP username [ \fB-n\fP namespace ]

.B cimauth -l
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The 
.B cimauth 
command manages
read and write CIM namespace authorizations of users. The operations are
executed on the local host by submitting requests to the CIM Server.
If the value of the configuration property 
.B enableNamespaceAuthorization
is 
.B True ,
the CIM Server restricts access to namespaces based on user
authorizations configured via 
.B cimauth .
(See 
.B "cimconfig (8)" 
for information on configuring the CIM Server.)
.SS Options
.PP
The 
.B cimauth 
command recognizes the following options:
.RS
.TP 15
.B  -a
Adds read and/or write authorizations to the specified user on the specified
namespace.  If neither the
.B -R
nor the 
.B -W 
option is specified, adds a read authorization by default.
.TP
.B -m
Modifies authorizations of the specified user on the specified namespace.
If neither the 
.B -R 
nor the 
.B -W 
option is specified, modifies the authorization to be
a read authorization by default.
.TP
.B -r
Removes authorizations of the specified user on the specified namespace.
If no namespaces are specified, removes authorizations on all namespaces
for the specified user.
.TP
.B -l
Lists all the authorizations configured in the CIM Server.
.TP
\fB-u\fP username
Specifies the user for the operation.  The specified 
.IR username 
must represent a valid user on the local host.
.TP
\fB-n\fP namespace
Specifies the 
.IR namespace 
for the operation.
.TP
.B -R
Specifies read authorization on the namespace.
.TP
.B -W
Specifies write authorization on the namespace.
.RE
.SH EXIT STATUS
.PP
When an error occurs, an
error message is written to stderr and an error value of 1 is returned. The
following return values are returned:
.RS
.TP
.B 0
Successful completion
.PD 0
.TP
.B 1
Error
.PD
.RE
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Add read authorizations to user "guest" on namespace "root/cimv2".
.IP
.B "cimauth -a -u guest -n root/cimv2 -R"
.PP
Add read and write authorizations to user "guest" on namespace "root/system".
.IP
.B "cimauth -a -u guest -n root/system -R -W"
.PP
Modify authorizations of the user "guest" on namespace "root/system" to 
read only.
.IP
.B "cimauth -m -u guest -n root/system -R"
.PP
Remove the authorizations of the user "guest" on namespace "root/system".
.IP
.B "cimauth -r -u guest -n root/system"
.PP
List all the authorizations configured in the CIM Server.
.IP
.B "cimauth -l"
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
cimserver (8), cimconfig (8).