NAME

       kas_unlock - Unlocks a locked user account

SYNOPSIS

       kas unlock -name <authentication ID>
           [-admin_username <admin principal to use for authentication>]
           [-password_for_admin <admin password>] [-cell <cell name>]
           [-servers <explicit list of authentication servers>+]
           [-noauth] [-help]

       kas u -na <authentication ID>
           [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>]
           [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>]
           [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The kas unlock command unlocks the Authentication Database entry named by the -name argument. An entry
       becomes locked when the user exceeds the limit on failed authentication attempts, generally by providing
       the wrong password to either an AFS-modified login utility or the klog command. Use the kas setfields
       command to set the limit and the lockout time, and the kas examine command to examine the settings.

       To unlock all locked user accounts at once, shutdown the kaserver process on every database server
       machine, and remove the /var/lib/openafs/local/kaauxdb file from each one. The kaserver process recreates
       the file as it restarts.

OPTIONS

       -name <authentication ID>
           Names the Authentication Database entry to unlock.

       -admin_username <admin principal>
           Specifies  the user identity under which to authenticate with the Authentication Server for execution
           of the command. For more details, see kas(8).

       -password_for_admin <admin password>
           Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is omitted (as recommended),  the  kas  command
           interpreter prompts for it and does not echo it visibly. For more details, see kas(8).

       -cell <cell name>
           Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see kas(8).

       -servers <authentication servers>+
           Names  each  machine  running an Authentication Server with which to establish a connection. For more
           details, see kas(8).

       -noauth
           Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. For more details, see kas(8).

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       In the following example, an administrator using the "admin" account unlocks the entry for "jones":

          % kas unlock -name jones -admin_username admin
          Administrator's (admin) Password:

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must have the "ADMIN" flag set on his or her Authentication Database entry.

SEE ALSO

       kas(8), kas_examine(8), kas_setfields(8), klog(1)

COPYRIGHT

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       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2021-04-01                                      KAS_UNLOCK(8)