pbs_ds_password(8B)

🎀 pbs_ds_password(8B) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the PBS Professional glow-up of pbs_ds_password(8B) — the page where we set or change the data service user account or its password. yes, that password. let’s get into it 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

pbs_ds_password — set or change data service user account or its password 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pbs_ds_password [-C <username>] [-r]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

You can use this command to change the user account or account password for the data service. main character energy, but for your database creds 👑

Passwords 🔐

Blank passwords are not allowed. no cap, zero. empty password? not today, bestie 🙈

If you type in a password, make sure it does not contain restricted characters. The pbs_ds_password command generates passwords containing the following characters:

0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@#$%^&*()_+

When creating a password manually, do not use \ (backslash) or ` (backquote). This can prevent certain commands such as pbs_server, pbs_ds_password, and printjob from functioning properly, as they rely on connecting to the database. literally do not do it, it’s giving broken vibes 💀

Permissions 🛂

On Linux, root privilege is required to use this command. On Windows, Admin privilege is required.

Restrictions 🚨

Do not run this command if failover is configured. It is important not to inadvertently start two separate instances of the data service on two machines, thus potentially corrupting the database. 😭

If failover is configured, stop the secondary server, remove definitions for PBS_PRIMARY and PBS_SECONDARY from pbs.conf on the primary server host, start PBS, run pbs_ds_password, stop PBS, replace the definitions, and start PBS again. yes, it’s a whole ritual, but the database stays safe 🕯️✨

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -C <username> — Changes user account for data service to specified account. Specified user account must already exist. 👤
  • On Linux-based systems, the specified user account must not be root.
  • On Windows, the specified user account must match the PBS service account (which can be any user account.)
  • This option cannot be used while the data service is running. 🛑
  • Can be used with the -r option to automatically generate a password for the new account. 🔥
• -r — Generates a random password. The data service is updated with the new password. random password slay 🎲💅
  • Can be used with the -C option.
• (no options) — Asks the user to enter a new password twice. Entries must match. Updates data service with new password. matchy-matchy or no deal 🫶

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

• Zero — Success ✅
• Non-zero — Failure ❌

This lil page is from the PBS Professional manual, pbs_ds_password(8B), and the footer energy is Local, 6 May 2020. byeee, go forth and password responsibly 💖🎀🦋