Getting information about the cmdlets available
You can use the get-help command with different options to get summary about the cmdlets available in the Centrify Access Module for PowerShell or detailed information about the specific cmdlets you want to use. For example, you can use get-help with the ‑full command-line option to see complete reference information for a specified cmdlet or get-help -example to display only the examples for a specified cmdlet.
To see the current list of cmdlets available open the Centrify Access Module for PowerShell, then run the following command:
get-help *cdm*
This command displays a summary of the Centrify Access Module for PowerShell cmdlets similar to the following:
Name Category Synopsis ---- -------- -------- Add-CdmApplicationRight Cmdlet Adds a Windows application right... Add-CdmCommandRight Cmdlet Adds a UNIX command right to a s... Add-CdmDesktopRight Cmdlet Adds a Windows desktop right to ... Add-CdmNetworkAccessRight Cmdlet Adds a Windows network access ri... Add-CdmPamRight Cmdlet Adds a PAM application access ri... Add-CdmSshRight Cmdlet Adds an SSH application right to... Export-CdmData Cmdlet Exports roles and rights from th... Get-CdmApplicationRight Cmdlet Gets an application right from a... Get-CdmCommandRight Cmdlet Gets a command right from a zone... Get-CdmComputerRole Cmdlet Gets a computer role from a zone. Get-CdmCredential Cmdlet Gets user credentials. Get-CdmDesktopRight Cmdlet Gets a Windows desktop right fro... Get-CdmEffectiveGroupProfile Cmdlet Gets effective group profiles fo... Get-CdmEffectiveUnixRight Cmdlet Gets the effective UNIX rights a... Get-CdmEffectiveUserProfile Cmdlet Gets effective user profiles for... Get-CdmEffectiveWindowsRight Cmdlet Gets the effective Windows right... Get-CdmGroupProfile Cmdlet Gets group UNIX profiles. Get-CdmManagedComputer Cmdlet Gets zoned or auto-zoned managed... Get-CdmNetworkAccessRight Cmdlet Gets a Windows network applicati... Get-CdmNisMap Cmdlet Gets NIS maps for the specified ... Get-CdmNisMapEntry Cmdlet Gets NIS map entries for the spe... Get-CdmPamRight Cmdlet Gets a PAM application access ri... Get-CdmPreferredServer Cmdlet Gets domain to server mapping. Get-CdmRole Cmdlet Gets roles from a zone. Get-CdmRoleAssignment Cmdlet Gets role assignments. Get-CdmSshRight Cmdlet Gets an SSH application right fr... Get-CdmUserProfile Cmdlet Gets user UNIX profiles. Get-CdmZone Cmdlet Gets the zone object. Import-CdmData Cmdlet Imports roles and rights into a ... New-CdmApplicationRight Cmdlet Creates a new Windows applicatio... New-CdmCommandRight Cmdlet Creates a new command right in a... New-CdmComputerRole Cmdlet Creates a new computer role in a... New-CdmDesktopRight Cmdlet Creates a new Windows desktop ri... New-CdmGroupProfile Cmdlet Creates a new UNIX group profile. New-CdmManagedComputer Cmdlet Pre-creates a computer or comput... New-CdmMatchCriteria Cmdlet Creates a new match criteria for... New-CdmNetworkAccessRight Cmdlet Creates a new Windows network ac... New-CdmNisMap Cmdlet Creates a new NIS map in a speci... New-CdmNisMapEntry Cmdlet Creates a new NIS map entry in a... New-CdmPamRight Cmdlet Creates a new PAM application ac... New-CdmRole Cmdlet Creates a new role in a zone. New-CdmRoleAssignment Cmdlet Creates a new role assignment. New-CdmUserProfile Cmdlet Creates a new UNIX user profile. New-CdmZone Cmdlet Creates a new zone. Remove-CdmApplicationRight Cmdlet Deletes a Windows application ri... Remove-CdmCommandRight Cmdlet Deletes a command right or remov... Remove-CdmComputerRole Cmdlet Deletes a computer role from a z... Remove-CdmDesktopRight Cmdlet Deletes a Windows desktop right ... Remove-CdmGroupProfile Cmdlet Deletes a UNIX group profile. Remove-CdmManagedComputer Cmdlet Removes a managed computer from ... Remove-CdmNetworkAccessRight Cmdlet Deletes a Windows network access... Remove-CdmNisMap Cmdlet Deletes a NIS map from a zone. Remove-CdmNisMapEntry Cmdlet Deletes a map entry from a NIS map. Remove-CdmPamRight Cmdlet Deletes a PAM application access... Remove-CdmRole Cmdlet Deletes a role. Remove-CdmRoleAssignment Cmdlet Deletes a role assignment from a... Remove-CdmSshRight Cmdlet Removes an SSH right from a role. Remove-CdmUserProfile Cmdlet Deletes a UNIX user profile. Remove-CdmZone Cmdlet Deletes an existing zone. Set-CdmApplicationRight Cmdlet Updates an existing Windows appl... Set-CdmCommandRight Cmdlet Updates an existing command right. Set-CdmComputerRole Cmdlet Updates an existing computer role. Set-CdmCredential Cmdlet Adds a user credential. Set-CdmDelegation Cmdlet Updates the delegation of admini... Set-CdmDesktopRight Cmdlet Updates an existing Windows desk... Set-CdmGroupProfile Cmdlet Updates an existing UNIX group p... Set-CdmNetworkAccessRight Cmdlet Updates an existing Windows netw... Set-CdmNisMap Cmdlet Updates an existing NIS map. Set-CdmNisMapEntry Cmdlet Updates an existing NIS map entry. Set-CdmPamRight Cmdlet Updates an existing PAM applicat... Set-CdmPreferredServer Cmdlet Specifies a preferred server. Set-CdmRole Cmdlet Updates an existing role. Set-CdmRoleAssignment Cmdlet Updates an existing role assignm... Set-CdmUserProfile Cmdlet Updates an existing UNIX user pr... Set-CdmZone Cmdlet Updates an existing zone.