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Introduction to Accounts, Groups, and Users
If you installed the software for your organization, you have already
seen the terms accounts, groups, and users. If someone else showed you
how to log on, you have used an account, group, and users perhaps without
even knowing it.
If you are unclear about the account structure, refer to Setting Up and
Maintaining Your System (A1707-90001).
The account structure consists of four elements:
* accounts
* groups (who belong to accounts)
* users (who belong to accounts)
* files (who belong to groups)
As a user, you are assigned to a specific account. When you log on, you
enter HELLO, your user name, and the name of the account to which your
user name is assigned. An account may have more than one user assigned
to it.
To understand the account structure, think of your computer system as a
filing room in which there are many filing cabinets.
Each separate cabinet in the room is comparable to a separate account on
the computer system.
Try the following exercises to help familiarize yourself with commands
that give you information about your accounts, groups, and users.
To list account information
The LISTACCT command provides information about assigned capabilities,
disk space limits, and user access. To display this information, enter:
:LISTACCT Return
A description of the account that you are logged on to appears:
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| ******************** |
| ACCOUNT: PRACTICE |
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| DISC SPACE: 16(SECTORS) PASSWORD: ** |
| CPU TIME : 18(SECONDS) LOC ATTR: $00000000 |
| CONNECT TIME: 333(MINUTES) SECURITY--READ : AC |
| DISC LIMIT: UNLIMITED WRITE : AC |
| CPU LIMIT : UNLIMITED APPEND : AC |
| CONNECT LIMIT: UNLIMITED LOCK : AC |
| MAX PRI : 150 EXECUTE : AC |
| GRP UFID : $055A0002 $0D079125 $0024FFB6 $1E033861 $2C3362E2 |
| USER UFID: $055A0001 $0D079125 $0025D4B6 $1E033861 $2C3362E9 |
| CAP: AM,AL,GL,ND,SF,BA,IA |
| |
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The CAP information listed at the lower left and the SECURITY information
listed in the right column give you the following information about this
account.
CAP stands for capability. The abbreviations that follow indicate the
capabilities assigned to your account. You can find explanations for
these abbreviations and those in the SECURITY column in chapter 7 of this
guide.
To list account passwords
If you forget your account password while you are logged on to your
account, you can list your password by using the LISTACCT command
followed by the PASSWORD parameter. You must have account manager (AM)
capability to list your account password with the LISTACCT command.
Try this now:
:LISTACCT;PASS Return
To list group information
Accounts can be divided into smaller units called groups. Groups are
comparable to the drawers in each filing cabinet. Files reside in
groups.
A quick way to list the groups within an account is to use the REPORT
command. Enter that command now to see which groups are currently in
your account:
:REPORT Return
Here's a sample of what you might see on your screen:
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| ACCOUNT FILESPACE-SECTORS CPU-SECONDS CONNECT-MINUTES |
| /GROUP COUNT LIMIT COUNT LIMIT COUNT LIMIT |
| PRACTICE 16 ** 18 ** 333 ** |
| /PUB 16 ** 7 ** 252 ** |
| /QTR1 0 ** 11 ** 81 ** |
| |
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The names of the account PRACTICE and its groups PUB and OTR1 are listed
in the far left column. Additional columns of information state the
amount of file space occupied by the account and its group, the
cumulative total CPU time used by persons using that account and group,
as well as their cumulative connect time to the system.
To see detailed information about groups
To get more detailed information about the groups in your account, use
the LISTGROUP command. Enter:
:LISTGROUP Return
You should see a display similar to the following on your screen:
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| GROUP: PUB.PRACTICE |
| |
| DISC SPACE: 44384(SECTORS) PASSWORD: ** |
| CPU TIME : 17871(SECONDS) SECURITY--READ : ANY |
| CONNECT TIME: 8373(MINUTES) WRITE : AL, GU |
| DISC LIMIT: UNLIMITED APPEND: AL, GU |
| CPU LIMIT : UNLIMITED LOCK : AL, GU |
| CONNECT LIMIT: UNLIMITED EXECUTE : ANY |
| PRIV VOL : NO SAVE : AL, GU |
| FILE UFID: $055A0003 $0D079125 $000A77B4 $1A0300D6 |
| MOUNT REF CNT: n/a |
| HOME VOL SET : MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET |
| CAP: BA,IA |
| : |
| |
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The LISTGROUP display has similar information to the LISTACCT command
display. This listing shows your logon group's capabilities and security
information.
If you have account manager (AM) capability, all of the groups in your
account are displayed.
To add a new group
A user with account manager (AM) capability may create account groups
with default attributes as well as those with attributes that you
specify. If you have account manager (AM) capability, you may add a new
group to your account.
Users
Users are people like yourself who use the computer. In a sense, users
do not have a place in the account structure (cabinet). Instead, they
are the people who have the key to an account. A user name is the key to
a particular account.
To list the users in your account
You can use the LISTUSER command to display information about users in
your account or other users on the system. The SHOWME command also
displays the account, group, and user information associated with your
session. You must have account manager (AM) capability to execute the
LISTUSER command.
To list the users in your account, enter:
:LISTUSER Return
The screen displays the following information:
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| USER: USER1.PRACTICE |
| |
| HOME GROUP: PUB PASSWORD: |
| MAX PRI : 150 LOC ATTR: $00000000 |
| LOGON CNT : 0 |
| CAP: AM,AL,GL,ND,SF,BA,IA |
| ******************** |
| USER: USER2.PRACTICE |
| |
| HOME GROUP: PUB PASSWORD: |
| MAX PRI : 150 LOC ATTR: $00000000 |
| LOGON CNT : 1 |
| CAP: ND,SF,BA IA |
| : |
| |
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Note that the password can be displayed in this example. The password is
displayed if you include the ;PASS parameter.
Files
Files are materials that you create. They are kept in the groups. You
can create, save, and edit files. You can also access other files
located in another group or account.
To display file names
To display all file names in the PUB group, use the LISTF command.
Enter:
:LISTF Return
If no one has created any files for this account, you should now see
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| NON-EXISTENT FILE @.PUB.PRACTICE. (CIWARN 920) |
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Otherwise, you would see
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| FILENAME |
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| YOURFILE |
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Soon you will learn how to create a file.