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list-authdbs

asadmin-list-authdbs(1AS)					   User Commands					 asadmin-list-authdbs(1AS)

NAME

       list-authdbs  - gets the authorized database

SYNOPSIS

       list-authdbs  --user admin_user[--password admin_password][--host localhost] [--port 4848][--passwordfile filename][--secure|-s][--instance
       instance_name] --virtualserver virtualserver_ID authdb_ID

       Gets the access control lists associated with the named server instance.

OPTIONS

       --user		       administrative user associated for the instance.

       --password	       administrative password corresponding to the administrative user.

       --host		       host name of the machine hosting the administrative instance.

       --port		       administrative port number associated with the administrative host.

       --passwordfile	       file containing passwords appropriate for the command (e.g., administrative instance).

       --secure 	       if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the administrative instance.

       --virtualserver	       virtual server ID. It can also be referred to as the variable $id in an obj.conf file. A virtual server	ID  cannot
			       begin with a number.

OPERANDS

       instance_name	       name of the instance.

       Example 1: Using list-authdbs

       asadmin> lsit-authdbs --user admin --password adminadmin --host fuyako --port 7070 --virtualserver server1 server1
       default
       sampleAuth

       Where: default and sampleAuth are the authdb IDs in virtual server server1 and instance server1 listed.

       asadmin% list-authdbs --instance server1

EXIT STATUS

       0		       command executed successfully

       1		       error in executing the command

       asadmin-create-authdb(1AS), asadmin-delete-authdb(1AS)

J2EE 1.4 SDK							    March 2004						 asadmin-list-authdbs(1AS)

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