## zowe › profiles › update › base-profile

Base profile that stores values shared by multiple service profiles

Warning: This command has been deprecated.
Recommended replacement: The 'config set' command

#### Usage

zowe profiles update base-profile <profileName> [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `profileName` (string)

  - Specifies the name of the new base profile. You can load this profile by using the name on commands that support the "--base-profile" option.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - Host name of service on the mainframe.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - Port number of service on the mainframe.

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - User name to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Password to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

    Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Examples

- Update a base profile named 'base1' with a new username and password:

  - `zowe profiles update base-profile base1 --user newuser --password newp4ss`