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Executing the setupexternaluserid Command

Execute setupexternaluserid from a command line to configure multiple, existing Contenta Web desktops' external user IDs to require them to log in using client certificate authentication.

Before you begin

You must create a comma separated list (.csv) file consisting of each user's Contenta login name and external user ID.

Procedure

  1. Use the pcmsessions command to clear all sessions.  For more information, see Contenta Sessions Command.
  2. At the command line, enter:
    setupexternaluserid –dbase <dbname> –singleuser –p <password> –csvfile <csvfilename>

    The switches for the command are described in the following table:

    SwitchDescription

    –dbase <dbname>

    <dbname> is the name of the Contenta database to which the desktop will connect

    –singleuser

    sets exclusive access to the Contenta database

    –p <password>

    <password> is the sysadmin user password

    –csvfile <csvfilename>

    <csvfilename> is the path and filename of the .csv file containing the login names and external user IDs

Results

The Contenta desktop users are configured with their external user IDs.