Manage Filespace Users

In order to provide users access to a Filespace, administrators need to create individual users accounts. Each user will require their own username and password to link to a Filespace. 

Users form an important foundation for implementing Access Control Lists (ACL) via our Filespace Shares as a means for granting access to the Filespace and assigning, full, or limited read and or write access to its directory structure. 

A Filespace without any users can only be accessed from the root account. Management of your Users can be accessed via the LucidLink client dashboard control panel tab, providing your root password and opening the manager.

Locate the LucidLink logo within the Taskbar to access the control panel.

Add, delete and reset your user passwords from within our user manager.

Add a user.

Delete user or change user password.

Administration of users  can be also performed and scripted via the command line.

lucid help user

usage:
Lucid user [--list]
Lucid user --create username [options]
Lucid user --delete username
Lucid user --set username [options]
Lucid user --get [username]

User management - requires root permissions

Options:

    --password password      Your current password
    --list                   Display the list of existing users
    --create username        Create a new user with allowed chars: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '-_.@'. Max length 128 chars. Usernames are case insensitive and case preserving
    --delete username        Delete a user
    --set username           Set user's info. Used with all --user-* options
    --get [username]         Get user's info. Default is current user
    --user-password password User's new password
    --user-email [email]     User's e-mail address

Create a user.

lucid user --create user1
Enter your current password:
Enter a new password:
Reenter the password:
User 'user1' created successfully.

Single string user creation.

lucid user --create <username>--user-password <userpassword> --user-email <useremail> --password <password>

Set user email address.

lucid user --set user1 --user-email user@company.com
Enter your current password:
User 'user1' updated successfully.

List users.

lucid user --list
Enter your current password:

USERNAME        EMAIL
User1           user1@company.com
User2           user2@company.com
User3           user3@company.com
User4           user4@company.com
User5           user5@company.com
root

Get user details.

lucid user --get user1
Enter your current password:

USERNAME        EMAIL
user1           user1@company.com

Reset user password.

lucid user --set user1 --user-password 12345

Delete user.

lucid user --delete user1
Enter your current password:
User 'user1' deleted successfully.

If you'd like to bulk create your users, we have an example Powershell script in our tips and tricks Bulk User Creation FAQ.