Hi,
Using " useradd -o -u 0 TestUser " , I am able to create a user with Uid 0 ( which is same as root Uid). I want to implement same functionality using web services sdk.
Here is the code using to create root user :
szNewUsername = "TestUser";
szNewPassword = "TestUserPassword";
ServiceContent sic = new ServiceContent();
sic = oVimWrapper.GetServiceContent();
VimService service = oVimWrapper.GetVimService();
ManagedObjectReference root = oVimWrapper.GetRootFolder();
ManagedObjectReference morAccManager = sic.accountManager;
ManagedObjectReference morAuthManager = sic.authorizationManager;
if (morAccManager == null || morAuthManager == null)
{
return false;
}
HostPosixAccountSpec hostAccountSpec = new HostPosixAccountSpec();
hostAccountSpec.posixId = 0;
hostAccountSpec.posixIdSpecified = true;
hostAccountSpec.id = szNewUsername;
hostAccountSpec.password = szNewPassword;
hostAccountSpec.shellAccess = true;
hostAccountSpec.shellAccessSpecified = true;
try
{
service.CreateUser(morAccManager, hostAccountSpec);
service.AssignUserToGroup(morAccManager, szNewUsername, "root");
Permission per = new Permission();
per.group = false;
per.principal = szNewUsername;
per.roleId = -1;
per.propagate = true;
per.entity = sic.rootFolder;
service.SetEntityPermissions(morAuthManager, root, new Permission[] { per });
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException se)
{
MessageBox.Show(se.Message);
}
On executing the code its throwing an exception " The specified key, name, or identifier already exists. " . If I commented out the posixid line then it works, creates TestUser ( Uid is different, not 0 , requirement is : TestUser Uid = 0 ). Is it possible to create user with uid = 0 using api?
-regards,
Tanish
