The IBM Connections wiki mentions checking out the configuration files to perform administrative changes to IBM Connections.  The method shown in the wiki is similar to the following:

LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("/temp", "foo01Cell01")

The cell name is often hard to remember and differs between environments.  To run the command without having to specify the cell name, run the command as follows:

LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("/temp", AdminControl.getCell())