Line operation is a type of functionality that provides line addition, modification, or deletion in the single sign-on information repository according to a value specified in the OPERATION field within a CSV file. The administrator can insert any number of OPERATION fields. To enable this functionality, the -x option must be specified in the ssoimport command. The -x option is not compatible with the -a, -m, and -d options.

The types and purposes of operations that can be specified in the OPERATION field are shown in the table below.

Table 14-5 Types and purposes of operations that can be specified in the OPERATION field

Operation	Purpose
A or a	Add the specified line to the single sign-on information repository. If the user entry already exists in the single sign-on information repository, the system issues a warning message and continues the processing.
M or m	Overwrite the single sign-on information repository with the specified line. If the user entry does not exist in the single sign-on information repository, the user entry is added.
D or d	Deletes the specified line from the single sign-on information repository. If the user entry does not exist in the single sign-on information repository, the system issues a warning message and continues the processing.

Note

Operations are not case-sensitive. Any null character preceding or succeeding an operation is ignored. The tab character is invalid.

If a character specified in the operation field is not one of A, a, M, m, D, or d, the system issues a warning and skips the line. In this case, check to see whether the specified operation is correct and retry.

An example of a CSV file with the OPERATION field added is shown below.

OPERATION	REALMNAME	USERID	SECRETDATA	PUBLICDATA	LINK_J2EE
A	Portal	taro	taro	developer	--
D	Portal	hanako	hanako	--	Admin
M	Portal	jirou	jirou	--	DBMgr
--	RealmA	k010000	k010000	--	--
M	J2EE	Admin	Admin	--	--

Specification example

OPERATION,REALMNAME,USERID,SECRETDATA,PUBLICDATA,LINK_J2EE
A,Portal,taro,taro,developer,
D,Portal,hanako,hanako,,Admin
M,Portal,jirou,jirou,,DBMgr
,RealmA,k010000,k010000,,
M,J2EE,Admin,Admin,,