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Administration Commands
define_userid_password
2.62 define_userid_password
The define_userid_password command defines a user ID / password pair for use with APPC and
2.62.1 Supplied Parameters
Parameter name | Type | Length | Default |
[define_userid_password] |
|
|
|
define_type | constant |
| ADD_USER |
user_id | character | 10 |
|
description | character | 31 | (null string) |
password | character | 10 |
|
profile | character | 10 | (null string) |
(Up to ten profile parameters can be specified.) Supplied parameters are:
define_type
Specifies how this command is to be used. Possible values are:
ADD_USER
Add a new user, or change the password for an existing user.
ADD_PROFILES
Add profiles to an existing user id/password record.
user_id
User identifier. This name is a
description
A text string describing the user ID and password. SNAplus2 uses this string for information only. It is stored in the node’s configuration file and returned on the query_userid_password command.
password
User’s password. This password is a
When you type in this parameter on the command line, the value you type in is immediately replaced by the encrypted version of the password. Therefore, the value you supply for the password parameter is never displayed on the command line.
profile
Profile associated with user. Each profile is a
If a remote TP uses the user ID and password specified for this command when attaching to the local TP, the profile specified on the Attach (if any) must match one of the profile names defined for this command. Consult the System Administrator running the remote TP to determine if profiles are used. For each profile
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