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# Gns3util cluster control auth set default user

## gns3util cluster-control auth set-default-user

Mark a stored user as the default for a cluster

### Synopsis

Mark one of the saved users as the default for a cluster.
When no --user flag is given on subsequent 'ctl' commands, the default user for
that cluster is used automatically.

Requires --cluster (-c) to identify which cluster to update.
If \[username] is omitted a fuzzy picker opens so you can choose interactively.

```
gns3util cluster-control auth set-default-user [username] [flags]
```

### Examples

```
  gns3util ctl auth set-default-user alice -c mycluster
  gns3util ctl auth set-default-user -c mycluster   # opens picker
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for set-default-user
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -c, --cluster string      Cluster name from keyfile. Mutually exclusive with --server
  -i, --insecure            Ignore unsigned SSL-Certificates. Can be set via GNS3_INSECURE
  -k, --key-file string     Path to authentication keyfile. Can be set via GNS3_KEY_FILE or config.toml
  -o, --output string       Output format: [json, json-colorless, collapsed, yaml, toml, table, table-ascii]. Can be set via GNS3_OUTPUT (default "table")
  -s, --server string       GNS3v3 Server URL. Can be set via GNS3_SERVER or config.toml
      --user string[="~"]   User to select from the keyfile. Omit the value to open a fuzzy picker (--user), or pass a name (--user alice).
```

### SEE ALSO

* [gns3util cluster-control auth](gns3util_cluster-control_auth.md)	 - Authentication related operations for clusters

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