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Using Your System The User's Guide

Protecting Your System from Unauthorized Use 

A user's most important concern is the security of the work done on the
system.  Confidential, proprietary, and sensitive information requires
further protection from access by unauthorized persons.  A secure system
environment uses access restrictions to maintain reliable file security.

To assign passwords to new accounts, groups, and users 

Passwords can be established for new accounts, groups, and users.  Use
the PASS= parameter to the NEWACCT, NEWGROUP, and NEWUSER commands, when
creating an account, group, or user.

   *   To assign an account password to a new account

            :NEWACCT acctname,mgrname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have system manager (SM) capability to use the NEWACCT
       command.

   *   To assign a group password to a new group

            :NEWGROUP groupname.acctname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have account manager (AM) capability to use the NEWGROUP
       command.

   *   To assign a user password to a new user

            :NEWUSER username.acctname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have account manager (AM) capability to use the NEWUSER
       command.

To assign passwords to existing accounts, groups, and users 

Passwords can be added to existing accounts, groups, and users by adding
the PASS= parameter to the ALTACCT, ALTGROUP, and ALTUSER commands.

   *   To add or change a password of an existing account

            :ALTACCT acctname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have system manager (SM) capability to use the ALTACCT
       command.

   *   To add or change a password of an existing user

            :ALTUSER username.acctname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have account manager (AM) capability to use the ALTUSER
       command.

   *   To add or change a password of an existing group

            :ALTGROUP groupname.acctname;PASS=password Return 

       You must have account manager (AM) capability to use the ALTGROUP
       command.

To delete passwords 

A password can be deleted from an account, group, or user by entering the
PASS= parameter with no password specified.

   *   To delete an existing account password

            :ALTACCT acctname;PASS= Return 

   *   To delete an existing group password 

            :ALTGROUP groupname.acctname;PASS= Return 

   *   To delete an existing user password 

            :ALTUSER username.acctname;PASS= Return 

The following example removes the group password from the QTR3 group of
the PAYROLL account.  You must have account manager (AM) capability.

     :ALTGROUP QTR3.PAYROLL;PASS= Return 

To change your user password 

Any user can change the password of his or her account using the PASSWORD
command.  There are no special user capabilities needed to use this
command.

     :PASSWORD Return 

The system prompts the user for the former password, the new replacement
password, and a verification of the new password.  To maintain security,
passwords do not appear on the screen.

     :PASSWORD Return 
     ENTER OLD USER PASSWORD: Return 
     ENTER NEW USER PASSWORD: Return 
     ENTER NEW USER PASSWORD AGAIN: Return 
     PASSWORD WAS CHANGED SUCCESSFULLY

To display passwords 

There may be instances when it is necessary to find out what passwords
have been assigned to accounts, users, and groups.

To display account password.   

To display an account password to the screen, use the LISTACCT command
providing the account name, followed by the ;PASS option:

     :LISTACCT acctname;PASS Return 

You must have either account manager (AM) or system manager (SM)
capability to see the account password.

To display a user password.   

To display a user password to the screen, use the LISTUSER command
providing the user's name, followed by the ;PASS option:

     :LISTUSER username;PASS Return 

You must have either account manager (AM) or system manager (SM)
capabilities to see the user password.

To display a group password.   

To display a group password on the screen, use the LISTGROUP command,
providing the group's name, followed by the ;PASS option:

     :LISTGROUP groupname;PASS Return 

You must have either account manager (AM) or system manager (SM)
capability to see group passwords.

In each case, if you are the system administrator locating passwords for
other accounts from your system manager account, remember to include the
account name.

Any problems? 

   *   Did you forget your password?

       Contact the system administrator, who will be able to find out
       what password has been assigned to you.  If you are the system
       administrator, follow the procedures listed in the "To display
       passwords" section of this chapter.

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