6.4 Setting Passwords, Lockwords, and UDCs

Review account security.

Refer to Manager's Guide to MPE/iX Security and the HP Security Monitor/iX Managers Guide.

Set passwords for HP recommended accounts, if these accounts do not have passwords, see Table 6-1 “Recommended accounts for passwords”.

:ALTACCT 
acctname
;PASS=
password

Password recommended accounts.

Set passwords for users that were created or modified to have OP (System Supervisor) and/or PM (Privilege Mode) capabilities, see Table 6-1 “Recommended accounts for passwords”.

:ALTUSER 
username
;PASS=
password

Password Recommended Users

Confirm that passwords are set for SYS account and user MANAGER.SYS.

Identify system files.

:SYSGEN
sysgen>SYSFILE
sysfile>SHOW

Record the list of files.

sysfile>EXIT
sysgen>EXIT

Reapply or add lockwords to the system, as required. Refer to your list for the previously lockworded files.

:RENAME 
filename,filename/lockword

Enable UDCs. Purge the COMMAND file created during the process and rename your temporary COMMAND file.

:PURGE COMMAND.PUB.SYS
:RENAME 
command_name
,COMMAND.PUB.SYS

If your users plan to use POSIX features on MPE/iX, and if it is not already set, set a special UDC.

:SETCATALOG HPPXUDC.PUB.SYS;SYSTEM;APPEND

Log on to activate the UDCs.

:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,PUB;HIPRI