Unable to Run OpenShift Commands Due to User Name Starting with a Dash
Issue
-Aattempted to execute the following oadm command and received an error that parameter is not recognized. This is because the users name starts with - and it thinks it is a parameter rather than the name
$ oadm policy add-role-to-user cluster-admin -exampletest
Error: unknown shorthand flag: 'e' in -exampletest
- Putting quotes around the name does not help.
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- 3.3
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