HELLO

Entering passwords

Your system administrator can assign y ou user and group passw ords to enhance the securit y of your account and to prevent unauthorized accumulation of charges against y our account. When you specify your home group as your logon group, y ou need not enter a password, even if your home group has a passw ord; however, If you want to access any other account, user name, or group that has a passw ord, you must supply the passw ord when you log on.

You can supply the passw ord after the name of the protected en tity, preceded by a forward slash ( /). For instance, if a group named XGROUP requires the password XPASS, and if you want to access this group as y our logon group, you could enter the password as shown:

MPE XL:HELLO USER.TECH,XGROUP/XPASS

For security purposes, the system also pro vides another method of en tering passwords so that they do not appear to others in y our work area. To use this method, just en ter the command string without the required password(s); the system will prompt y ou for the passw ord(s). The system turns o￿ character echo so that what y ou type does not appear on the screen. If you enter the incorrect passw ord, the prompt reappears and y ou have two more opportunities to en ter the correct passw ord. After the third incorrect entry, the message INCORRECT PASSWORD appears. You must then press 4Return5 to receive a new prompt, and then y ou must enter the HELLO command again to start a new logon process.

Access permissions and restrictions

After logging on, if the normal (default) ￿le securit y provisions of the system are operative, y ou can access all ￿les in y our logon and home groups. Y ou can also read ￿les and execute programs stored in the PUB (public) group of your account and the PUB (public) group of the SYS (system) accoun t; however, you cannot access any other ￿les.

MPE/iX Commands 2-85