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+irods-admin:
+
+[root@test ~]# su - irods
+Last login: Fri Oct 26 11:59:25 CEST 2018 on pts/0
+
+-bash-4.2$ iinit
+Enter your current iRODS password:
+
+-bash-4.2$ ils
+/testZone/home/irods:
+
+-bash-4.2$ ils -A
+/testZone/home/irods:
+        ACL - irods#testZone:own   
+        Inheritance - Disabled
+
+create user in irods:
+
+-bash-4.2$ iadmin mkuser g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl rodsuser
+
+set password for user:
+
+-bash-4.2$ iadmin moduser g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl password ir0ds
+
+check as user:
+
+[root@test ~]# su - ger
+
+init your environment:
+
+[ger@test ~]$ iinit
+ ERROR: environment_properties::capture: missing environment file. should be at [/home/ger/.irods/irods_environment.json]
+One or more fields in your iRODS environment file (irods_environment.json) are
+missing; please enter them.
+Enter the host name (DNS) of the server to connect to: localhost
+Enter the port number: 1247
+Enter your irods user name: g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl
+Enter your irods zone: testZone
+Those values will be added to your environment file (for use by
+other iCommands) if the login succeeds.
+
+Enter your current iRODS password:
+
+check:
+
+[ger@test ~]$ ils
+/testZone/home/g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl:
+
+make file:
+
+[ger@test ~]$ touch ./iets.txt
+
+put file in irods vault:
+
+[ger@test ~]$ iput ./iets.txt 
+
+[ger@test ~]$ ils
+/testZone/home/g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl:
+  iets.txt
+
+[ger@test ~]$ ils -A
+/testZone/home/g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl:
+        ACL - g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl#testZone:own   
+        Inheritance - Disabled
+  iets.txt
+        ACL - g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl#testZone:own   
+
+[ger@test ~]$ ilsresc --tree
+demoResc:unixfilesystem
+
+create group:
+
+-bash-4.2$ iadmin mkgroup users
+
+make user member to group:
+
+-bash-4.2$ iadmin atg users g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl
+
+[ger@test ~]$ iuserinfo
+name: g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl
+id: 10016
+type: rodsuser
+zone: testZone
+info: 
+comment: 
+create time: 01540548708: 2018-10-26.12:11:48
+modify time: 01540548708: 2018-10-26.12:11:48
+member of group: g.j.c.strikwerda@rug.nl
+member of group: public
+member of group: users
+
+remove local file and retrieve it from irods:
+
+[ger@test ~]$ rm iets.txt
+
+[ger@test ~]$ iget iets.txt
+
+[ger@test ~]$ ls -l ./iets.txt 
+-rw-r-----. 1 ger ger 0 Oct 26 13:05 ./iets.txt
+
+[ger@test ~]$ imeta add -d iets.txt beschrijving metadata
+
+[ger@test ~]$ imeta ls -d iets.txt
+AVUs defined for dataObj iets.txt:
+attribute: beschrijving
+value: metadata
+units: 
+
+[ger@test ~]$ imeta add -d iets.txt maand november
+
+[ger@test ~]$ imeta ls -d iets.txt
+AVUs defined for dataObj iets.txt:
+attribute: beschrijving
+value: metadata
+units: 
+----
+attribute: maand
+value: november
+units: 
+
+
+