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APItest with API "cifs-local-group-members-add-members" getting errors on tag "member-names"

VARONISSYSTEMS — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:20:02 GMT

Hi all.

I'm trying to execute APItest with "cifs-local-group-members-add-members" api as following and getting errosr.

When executing this way:
APItest <IP> <User> <password> cifs-local-group-members-add-members group-name "<group name>" member-names "<user name>"

Getting the following error:

"For array tag member-names: expected element cifs-name, but found value : <user name>" errno="13115" status="Failed"

When executing that way:

APItest <IP> <User> <password> cifs-local-group-members-add-members group-name "<group name>" member-names/cifs-name "<user name>"

Getting this error:

"Couldn't find end of Start Tag member-names " errno="13001" status="failed"

1. Can some one direct me how i execute this API?

2. If i use any other APIs that has sub-elements, is there a templete of executing such APIs?

Thank you.

Alex.

Re: APItest with API "cifs-local-group-members-add-members" getting errors on tag "me

asulliva — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:52:11 GMT

You might try using the "-i" option to pass the XML for ZAPI directly...

apitest <ip> <user> <password> -i "<cifs-local-group-members-add-members><group-name>some_ad_group</group-name><member-names><cifs-name>username_1</cifs-name></member-names></cifs-local-group-members-add-members>"

It's ugly, but should validate the API functionality for you.

Andrew

Re: APItest with API "cifs-local-group-members-add-members" getting errors on tag "me

VARONISSYSTEMS — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:20:56 GMT

It works!
- only that you need to put the "-i" after the "apitest.exe" and before the <IP>

apitest.exe -i <ip> <user> <password> "<cifs-local-group-members-add-members><group-name>some_ad_group</group-name><member-names><cifs-name>username_1</cifs-name></member-names></cifs-local-group-members-add-members>"

Also, If we need to use quotation marks inside the xml, we should use: \"

Thank you very much!!!
Alex.