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Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Fundamental Skills Module 4: The Account Structure

Lesson 4 Changing Groups 

Lesson 4 presents the CHGROUP command:

   *   changing groups by logging on

   *   changing groups with the CHGROUP command

There are two ways to change the group that you are accessing.

   *   At the colon prompt, use HELLO to log on again and specify the
       group that you want to be in.

   *   At the colon prompt, use the CHGROUP command and specify the group
       that you want to be in.

Logging on 

Logging on to another group certainly works, but it is time-consuming and
uses a lot of system resources.

For example, this is how you would log on to your OTHERGRP group:

      HELLO username.acctname,OTHERGRP

Now, using your logon identity, log on to your home group:

      HELLO username.acctnameReturn 

Recall that your home group is your logon default. 

Using the CHGROUP command 

The CHGROUP command allows you to switch from one group to another
without logging on again.

To see which group you are in, enter:

      SHOWMEReturn 

Switch into your PUB group by entering:

      CHGROUP PUBReturn 

Use SHOWME to discover which group you are now in.  You should be logged
on to the PUB group now.


NOTE  If a group in your account is protected with a password, you will
      be prompted for that password.  You must correctly provide the
      password in order to access that group.  You will not be prompted
      for a password when changing back to your home group.


Use the CHGROUP command now to switch into OTHERGRP.

Enter:

      CHGROUP OTHERGRPReturn 

Now enter:

      SHOWMEReturn 

Which group are you in now?  You should be logged on to OTHERGRP now.

CHGROUP and your home group 

If you execute CHGROUP without specifying another group, you are switched
automatically to your home group.

This time enter:

      CHGROUPReturn 

Enter:

      SHOWMEReturn 

You should be logged on to your home group (MYGROUP).


NOTE  Have you noticed the parallel?  Both CHGROUP and HELLO default to
      your home group if you do not specify a group.

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