HP Sentry manual User Maintenance, User.Maint, Uid, Gid

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Section 2 - 10

SENTRY User’s Guide

2.2 USER MAINTENANCE

This data entry program is used to display, change, and delete user IDs, including documentation for the user, UID, GID, home directory, and initial startup command. Additionally, all supplementary groups are displayed in this screen. Supplementary groups may be added and deleted from the user’s profile. Cross referencing is available to list existing users and their UIDs, existing groups and their GIDs, and home directories in use.

 

USER.MAINT

 

User Maintenance

08/08/00

 

user ID : peggy

Last Login : Mon Jun 20 15:05

1. User Name

: Long Peggy

 

2.

Department

: Office 123

 

3.

Telephone

: 303/755-1102

 

4.

Password

: ****************

 

5.

UID

: 0 (peggy,root)

 

6.

GID

: 20 (users)

 

7.

Home Directory

: /users/peggy

 

8.

Command

: /bin/sh

 

9.

Groups

: 01>

20 (users)

 

Enter field number, “C”ustom, "F"ile, "DEL"ete or "<ESC>" to exit :

Figure 14 - This is an example of the ”User Maintenance” data entry screen which is invoked via Selection 2 on the “Database Maintenance Menu”.

This program is used to create, delete and modify a user’s profile. It is also a very handy utility to use to review the supplementary groups in use by a particular user. Additionally, you may access this data by entering the user’s ID or the user’s name through the cross reference facility. For large systems, the user’s name, department, and telephone number aids in monitoring computer usage. For example, if you observe that a user with the ID of “usr545” is performing a very CPU intensive task, you may be interested in learning which program he is running. Using this screen you may retrieve the data record for this user, see that he is in the Payroll department, get his name and telephone number and call to inquire what process he is executing.

To execute this program, select 2. Database Maintenance Menu from SENTRY’s Main Menu; then, select

2.User Maintenance from the Database Maintenance Menu. The User Maintenance program will be invoked.

A detailed description of the data entry screen (Figure 15) and prompts follows.

When first invoked, no data will be displayed in this screen. You will be prompted to enter the user ID which you wish displayed. For a list of all users defined on the system, enter “@”. To search the

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Contents Sentry Page Table Of Contents Page Using this Guide Introduction Sentry User’s Guide Using the Screens Data Entry Conventions Installing Sentry Mv sentry sentry.oldInstall UniVerse … /uv/binUniData … /udt/bin PI/open … /isys/binMain Menu SentryGetting Started Sentry Sentry is currently being run by user nYou must be a super-user to use Sentry Sentry Main MenuIntroduction Introducing the Main Menu Introduction Page Introducing the Database Creation and Validation Menu Database Creation and Valudation Menu Fitzgerald & Long Upload User and Group Profiles from Unix DB.LOADSENTRY.DB.LOAD Batch Create Database from File System Phantom SENTRY.FILE.LOAD BatchValidate the User Profile Database ValidationSentry User’s Guide Fitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide Fitzgerald & Long Page Introducing the Database Maintenance Menu Database Maintenance Fitzgerald & Long System Profile Maintenance Maximum Command Length Maximum Startup Path LengthPasswd File Order Group File Order SYSTEM.MAINTFitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide Fitzgerald & Long Custom User Default Maintenance SUN CUSTOM.USEREnter field number, File or ESC to exit User Maintenance USER.MAINTUID GIDFitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide SUN Enter field number, File or ESC to exit Are you sure you want to delete the entire recordYES/NO? File Ownership ConflictJaf Enter ESC to quit Fitzgerald & Long Group Maintenance GROUP.MAINTDo you want to update the Unix group file Y/N? File Group Conflict Sentry User’s GuideSection 2 Sentry User’s Guide FILE.MANAGER File SystemSysbckup CURSOR.MAIN View Group Execute XEQ View User RepaintEnter name for cross reference FILE.MAINT Do you want to update ALL files within this Directory also? Read permission w write permission x execute permissionACL.MAINT ALLFitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide More File Manager Views Enter the user name or UID to view @ for X-refFILE.MANAGER Enter the group name or GID to view @ for X-ref Command Maintenance COMMAND.MAINTSENTRY.COMMAND.CONTROL PROC.TEST ProcUse at database prompt only Execute from inside a program only Both use at database prompt and from within a programUnlimited use No useSentry User’s Guide User Item Protection Maintenance USER.ITEM.MAINTSentry User’s GuideSection 2 Sentry User’s Guide Sentry User’s Guide Sentry User’s Guide Introducing the Reports Menu Reports Menu SentryFitzgerald & Long System Profile Report Fitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide Fitzgerald & Long Sentry User’s Guide User Profiles SENTRY.USERS.REPORTSentry User’s Guide Groups Report SENTRY.GROUPS.REPORTSentry User’s Guide Account Protection Report NoneSENTRY.COMMANDS Command Protection Report SENTRY.COMMANDS.REPORTThere are no prompts for this report Access Violations Report SENTRY.VIOLATION.REPORTSentry User’s Guide Introducing the Utilities Menu Utilities Menu DatabaseFitzgerald & Long VOC Protection Setup Account Containing ProtectionPuging the Violations LOG Sentry User’s Guide Password Creation This is the Password Generation data entry screenSentry User’s Guide Fitzgerald & Long Rebuild Cross Reference Files REBUILD.INVERTSUpdate Protected Commands Page Sentry Internal Subroutines Sample Call @SENTRY.ENCRYPTDATA.STRING, RETURN.STRINGDATA.STRING Input RETURN.STRING OutputENCRYPTION.KEY Input THE.KEY Fudge Tastes GoodSubroutine SENTRY.USER.ITEM.CONTROL THE.KEY = Fudge Tastes GoodACCESS.RIGHTS Output ERROR.TEXT OutputUSER.ITEM Input ITEM.FOUND OutputAppendix 1 Subroutine SENTRY.VIOLATION.STAMP Comment InputAppendix 1 Page Sentry KEY Bindings Appendix 2 Sentry User’s Guide Appendix 2

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