NEWUSER

The NEWUSER command enables the system administrator to de￿ne a new user within an account. The administrator can also assign the user a passw ord and capabilities, and can limit the user's use of system resources. P arameters de￿ning these values may also be omitted from the command line; in this case, defaults are assigned to the user.

Syntax

 

 

 

NEWUSER username2

.acctname 3

2 ;PASS= 2 password 332

;CAP=2 capabilitylist 33

2 ;HOME= 2 homegroupname 3 3 2 ;UID=2 (uid) 33

Parameters

 

 

 

username

Speci￿es the name of the user. The name m ust consist of

 

from one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with an

 

alphabetic character.

acctname

Speci￿es the account in which the user is to reside. You must

 

have account manager (AM) capability to use this parameter.

PASS

Speci￿es the user passw ord, used for v erifying logon access

 

only. The password must consist of from one to eigh t

 

alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic

 

character. The default is that no passw ord is assigned.

CAP

Speci￿es the list of capabilities permitted for the user. Eac h

 

capability is indicated by a two-letter mnemonic, separated b y

 

commas, as follo ws:

 

SM

=

System manager

 

AM

=

Account manager

 

AL

=

Account librarian

 

GL

=

Group librarian

 

DI

=

Diagnostician

 

OP

=

System supervisor

 

NA

=

Network administrator

2-170 MPE/iX Commands