LXC.AUTH.IDENTITY.EDIT(1)

💅 LXC.AUTH.IDENTITY.EDIT(1) 💅

okay so you're in the LXD - Command line client manual, bestie, and this page is all about lxc-auth-identity-edit. slay, let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lxc-auth-identity-edit — edit an identity as YAML. yes, YAML. the format we all have a love-hate relationship with. but it's giving icon behavior so we move 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc auth identity edit [:] [flags]

that's the whole shape of it, no cap. an optional : thingie, plus flags. periodt.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

this command edits an identity as YAML. the manpage literally just says:

Edit an identity as YAML

short and iconic, honestly. main character energy — it doesn't over-explain, it just is 🎀

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✨ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ✨

these aren't even this command's own flags, they're inherited from the parent commands — so they come with the family, iykyk 💅

• --debug[=false] — show all the debug messages. everything. the whole lore dump 🔥
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket. like, no remote nonsense, we're staying home 🏠
• -h, --help[=false] — print help. the classic "wait what does this do again" move 🙈
• --project="" — override the source project. default is the empty string "" 🫶
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. shhh. stealth mode 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands. it's giving "peek behind the curtain" 🦋
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. chatty era 💬
• --version[=false] — print version number. who are you, really? ⭐

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

okay this is the part where it gets good, bestie:

lxc auth identity edit <type>/<name_or_identifier> < identity.yaml
   Update an identity using the content of identity.yaml

so you're pointing it at an identity using <type>/<name_or_identifier>, and feeding it identity.yaml through stdin with <. that's it. that's the whole ritual 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• lxc-auth-identity(1) — go read the parent page, it's the whole family tree 💖

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💀 HISTORY 💀

• 22-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not me getting a birthday of august 22, 2026 🎂

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and that's the page!! auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026, straight out of the LXD - Command line client manual. go forth and edit those identities, you absolute legend 🫶🌸💅