Commands

Use the provided commands to manage users in your application. Some commands may require a specific number of arguments and support options, add -h to get help on a specific command.

activate_user

Activate a specific user:

bin/cake users activate_user the.target.username

add_superuser

This command creates a user with field $user->is_superuser = true;.

Quick usage: add a superuser with autogenerated data:

bin/cake users add_superuser

This will output the id, username, email, role and password of the new user.

Add a superuser with specific data:

bin/cake users add_superuser --username=my.new.superuser --email=some.email@example.com --role=my-custom-role --password=my-custom.password-example

Please use a strong password.

add_user

This command creates a user with field $user->is_superuser = false;.

Quick usage: add a user with autogenerated data:

bin/cake users add_user

This will output the id, username, email, role and password of the new user.

Add a user with specific data:

bin/cake users add_user --username=my.new.user --email=some.email.user@example.com --role=my-custom-role --password=my-custom.password-example

Please use a strong password.

change_api_token

Change the api token for a specific user:

bin/cake users change_api_token the.target.username the-new-hash-token

change_role

Change the role for a specific user:

bin/cake users change_api_token the.tagert.user.name my-custom-role

deactivate_user

Deactivate a specific user:

bin/cake users deactivate_user the.target.username

delete_user

Delete a specific user:

Warning: You can't undo this action.

bin/cake users delete_user the.target.username

password_email

Request password reset via e-mail:

bin/cake users password_email the.target.username

A link to reset the password is sent to the user.

reset_all_passwords

Reset the password for all users:

Warning: This command is normally useful on development environment, you probably WON'T use it on production.

bin/cake users reset_all_passwords a-new-safe-password

reset_password

Reset the password for a specific user:

Warning: This command is normally useful on development environment, you probably WON'T use it on production.

bin/cake users reset_password  the.target.username a-new-safe-password