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<span id="lxc-auth-md"></span><h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxc</span> <span class="pre">auth</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#lxc-auth" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Manage user authorization</p>
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<p>Description:
Manage user authorization</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">lxc</span> <span class="n">auth</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">flags</span><span class="p">]</span>
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<section id="options-inherited-from-parent-commands">
<h2>Options inherited from parent commands<a class="headerlink" href="#options-inherited-from-parent-commands" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">debug</span>          <span class="n">Show</span> <span class="nb">all</span> <span class="n">debug</span> <span class="n">messages</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">force</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">local</span>    <span class="n">Force</span> <span class="n">using</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">local</span> <span class="n">unix</span> <span class="n">socket</span>
  <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">help</span>           <span class="n">Print</span> <span class="n">help</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">project</span>        <span class="n">Override</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">source</span> <span class="n">project</span>
  <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">quiet</span>          <span class="n">Don</span><span class="s1">&#39;t show progress information</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">sub</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">commands</span>   <span class="n">Use</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">help</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">help</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">view</span> <span class="n">sub</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">commands</span>
  <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">verbose</span>        <span class="n">Show</span> <span class="nb">all</span> <span class="n">information</span> <span class="n">messages</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">version</span>        <span class="n">Print</span> <span class="n">version</span> <span class="n">number</span>
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