Object qualifiers are unique identifiers for objects on the system. Object qualifiers are displayed in the following format:
All object types have identifiers that can be used as qualifiers to specify a unique object instance. Some object types have names. For object types that have names, the name qualifier can be used as an alternate to the ID qualifier.
When you create an object, such as a user or network interface, it receives an ID, which is the primary object qualifier for that object. The uniqueness of the ID is only guaranteed in the scope of the specified object type. When performing actions such as viewing, modifying, or deleting an object, you specify an object qualifier. All object qualifiers start with a hyphen (-).
In the following example for changing the password of a user account, the object type is local_user, and the qualifier that is used is -name, with a value of operator:
pstcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u admin -p MyPassword456! local_user -name operator set –password NewPassword123! –current_password MyPassword456!