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NAME

       knife-user - The man page for the knife user subcommand.

       The  knife  user  subcommand  is used to manage the list of users and their associated RSA
       public key-pairs.

       NOTE:
          This subcommand ONLY works when run against the open source Chef server  version  10.x.
          This  subcommand  will  NOT  run  against  open  source Chef server 11, Enterprise Chef
          (including hosted Enterprise Chef), or Private Chef.

COMMON OPTIONS

       The following options may be used with any of the arguments available to  the  knife  user
       subcommand:

       --chef-zero-port PORT
              The port on which chef-zero will listen.

       -c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
              The configuration file to use.

       -d, --disable-editing
              Use to prevent the $EDITOR from being opened and to accept data as-is.

       --defaults
              Use to have knife use the default value instead of asking a user to provide one.

       -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
              The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.

       -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
              The  name  of  the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command
              will run only against the named environment.

       -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.

       -h, --help
              Shows help for the command.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              The private key that knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to  the
              Chef server.

       --[no-]color
              Use to view colored output.

       --print-after
              Use to show data after a destructive operation.

       -s URL, --server-url URL
              The URL for the Chef server.

       -u USER, --user USER
              The  user  name  used  by knife to sign requests made by the API client to the Chef
              server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key.

       -V, --verbose
              Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

       -v, --version
              The version of the chef-client.

       -y, --yes
              Use to respond to all confirmation prompts with  "Yes".  knife  will  not  ask  for
              confirmation.

       -z, --local-mode
              Use  to  run  the  chef-client  in  local  mode. This allows all commands that work
              against the Chef server to also work against the local chef-repo.

CREATE

       The create argument is used to create a user. This process will generate an RSA  key  pair
       for  the  named user. The public key will be stored on the Chef server and the private key
       will be displayed on STDOUT or written to a named file.

       • For the user, the private key should be copied to the system as /etc/chef/client.pem.

       • For knife, the private key is typically copied to ~/.chef/client_name.pem and referenced
         in the knife.rb configuration file.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user create USER_NAME (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -a, --admin
              Use  to create a client as an admin client. This is required for any user to access
              Open Source Chef as an administrator. This option only works  when  used  with  the
              open source Chef server and will have no effect when used with Enterprise Chef.

       -f FILE_NAME, --file FILE_NAME
              Use to save a private key to the specified file name.

       -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
              The user password.

       --user-key FILE_NAME
              All users are assigned a public key. Use to write the public key to a file.

       Examples

          $ knife user create "Radio Birdman" -f /keys/user_name

DELETE

       The delete argument is used to delete a registered user.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user delete USER_NAME

       Options

       This command does not have any specific options.

       Examples

          $ knife user delete "Steve Danno"

EDIT

       The  edit argument is used to edit the details of a user. When this argument is run, knife
       will open $EDITOR. When finished, knife will update the Chef server with those changes.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user edit USER_NAME

       Options

       This command does not have any specific options.

       Examples

       None.

LIST

       The list argument is used to view a list of registered users.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user list (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -w, --with-uri
              Use to show the corresponding URIs.

       Examples

       None.

REREGISTER

       The reregister argument is used to regenerate an RSA key pair for a user. The  public  key
       will  be  stored  on  the  Chef  server and the private key will be displayed on STDOUT or
       written to a named file.

       NOTE:
          Running this argument will invalidate the previous RSA key  pair,  making  it  unusable
          during authentication to the Chef server.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user reregister USER_NAME (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -f FILE_NAME, --file FILE_NAME
              Use to save a private key to the specified file name.

       Examples

          $ knife user reregister "Robert Younger"

SHOW

       The show argument is used to show the details of a user.

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

          $ knife user show USER_NAME (options)

       Options

       This argument has the following options:

       -a ATTR, --attribute ATTR
              The attribute (or attributes) to show.

       Examples

       To view a user named Dennis Teck, enter:

          $ knife user show "Dennis Teck"

       to return something like:

          chef_type:   user
          json_class:  Chef::User
          name:        Dennis Teck
          public_key:

       To  view  information in JSON format, use the -F common option as part of the command like
       this:

          $ knife user show "Dennis Teck" -F json

       (Other formats available include text, yaml, and pp, e.g. -F yaml for YAML.)

AUTHOR

       Chef

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