43.7. Adding IdM host group member managers using the CLI
You can add hosts as well as host groups as member managers to an IdM host group using a single command. Member managers can add hosts or host groups to IdM host groups but cannot change the attributes of a host group.
Prerequisites
- Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role.
- An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually.
- You must have the name of the host or host group you are adding as member managers and the name of the host group you want them to manage.
Procedure
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Optional: Use the
ipa hostgroup-findcommand to find hosts and host groups. To add a member manager to a host group, use the
ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager.For example, to add the user named example_member as a member manager to the group named group_name:
$ ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager group_name --user example_member Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name Membership managed by users: example_member ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------Use the
--groupsoption to add one or more host groups as a member manager to an IdM host group.For example, to add the host group named admin_group as a member manager to the group named group_name:
$ ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager group_name --groups admin_group Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name Membership managed by groups: admin_group Membership managed by users: example_member ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------참고After you add a member manager to a host group, the update may take some time to spread to all clients in your Identity Management environment.
Verification
Using the
ipa group-showcommand to verify the host user and host group were added as member managers.$ ipa hostgroup-show group_name Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Membership managed by groups: admin_group Membership managed by users: example_member