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P4 CLI Reference | 2025.1

# P4 Cloud blocked and restricted commands

If your team subscribes to P4 Cloud, Perforce manages your P4 Server. As a P4 Cloud user, your administrative permissions are limited, and some commands are blocked or restricted.

See also P4 Cloud configurables.

To learn more about P4 Cloud, see the P4 Cloud Documentation.

## Blocked commands

P4 Cloud users receive an error message if they attempt to run a blocked command. If you think it is necessary to run a blocked command, contact a P4 Cloud administrator.

p4 commands that start with: | Blocked commands
--- | ---
a | p4 add (graph), p4 aliases, p4 archive
b | p4 bgtask
c | p4 cachepurge, p4 client (graph), p4 clone
d | p4 dbschema, p4 dbstat, p4 dbverify, p4 delete (graph), p4 describe (graph), p4 diagnostics, p4 diff (graph), p4 diff2 (graph), p4 dirs (graph)
e | p4 edit (graph), p4 export
f | p4 failback, p4 failover, p4 fetch, p4 filelog (graph), p4 files (graph), p4 fstat (graph)
h | p4 have (graph), p4 heartbeat
j | p4 journalcopy, p4 journaldbchecksums, p4 journals
l | p4 ldap, p4 ldaps, p4 ldapsync, p4 lock (graph), p4 logappend, p4 logexport, p4 logparse, p4 logrotate, p4 logschema, p4 logtail
m | p4 merge (graph), p4 monitor
o | p4 opened (graph)
p | p4 ping, p4 print (graph), p4 proxy, p4 prune, p4 pull, p4 push
r | p4 reconcile (graph), p4 reload, p4 remote, p4 remotes, p4 replicate, p4 resolve (graph), p4 restore, p4 resubmit, p4 revert (graph)
s | p4 server, p4 serverid, p4 storage, p4 submit (graph), p4 switch (graph), p4 sync (graph)
t | p4 triggers
u | p4 unload, p4 unlock (graph), p4 unsubmit, p4 unzip, p4 upgrades
v | p4 verify

## Restricted commands

P4 Cloud users receive an error message if they attempt to run a restricted command with an argument that is not allowed. For example, `p4 configure history` returns `The command "configure history" is not allowed in P4 Cloud.`

In the following, "reserved prefix" refers to the `perforce` and `svc_` prefixes.

Command | Restriction
--- | ---
p4 admin | `p4 admin resetpassword -u user` is not allowed if the username has a reserved prefix. The following are allowed: `p4 admin dbstat -s`, `p4 admin lockstat`, and `p4 admin logstat`.
p4 branch | An `Owner` field cannot specify an entity whose name includes a reserved prefix.
p4 client | An `Owner` field cannot specify an entity whose name includes a reserved prefix. Client workspaces cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their name starts with a reserved prefix. A `Stream` field of a client cannot specify a depot whose name starts with a reserved prefix.
p4 configure | For the configurables listed at P4 Cloud configurables, the following are allowed: `p4 configure history`, `p4 configure set`, `p4 configure show`, and `p4 configure unset`.
p4 counter | These counters cannot be modified: `journal`, `security`, `maxCommitChange`, `upgrade`, `monitor`, and `graphDepotRefcountState`. Counters cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 dbstat | Only the `-s` option is allowed.
p4 depot | Depots cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix. A `Map` field cannot be changed from the default value that is set by the server. An `Owner` field cannot specify a name includes a reserved prefix.
p4 extension | Only the `--list` option is allowed.
p4 group | Groups cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix. An `Owners` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix. A `Users` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix. A `Subgroups` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix.
p4 key | Key/value pairs cannot be created, modified, or deleted if the key names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 license | Only the `-u` option is allowed.
p4 passwd | The passwords of users whose names start with a reserved prefix cannot be changed.
p4 property | Properties cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 protect | The last three lines of the protections table cannot be changed.
p4 renameclient | Client workspace names that start with a reserved prefix cannot be renamed.
p4 renameuser | Users that start with a reserved prefix cannot be renamed.
p4 server | Servers are read-only, so only the `-o` option is allowed with a server ID.
p4 stream | Streams cannot be created, modified, or deleted if they belong to a depot with a reserved prefix. An `Owner` field cannot refer to an entity with a reserved prefix.
p4 triggers | Triggers are read-only, so only the `-o` option is allowed.
p4 user | Users cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.

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