NEWUSER

The NEWUSER command enables the system administrator to define a new user within an account. The administrator can also assign the user a password and capabilities, and can limit the user's use of system resources. Parameters defining these values may also be omitted from the command line; in this case, defaults are assigned to the user.

Syntax

   NEWUSER username[.acctname]



   [;PASS=[password]][;CAP=[capabilitylist]]



   [;HOME=[homegroupname]] [;UID=[(uid)]]

Parameters

username

Specifies the name of the user. The name must consist of from one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic character.

acctname

Specifies the account in which the user is to reside. You must have account manager (AM) capability to use this parameter.

PASS

Specifies the user password, used for verifying logon access only. The password must consist of from one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic character. The default is that no password is assigned.

CAP

Specifies the list of capabilities permitted for the user. Each capability is indicated by a two-letter mnemonic, separated by commas, as follows:

   SM  =  System manager

   AM  =  Account manager

   AL  =  Account librarian

   GL  =  Group librarian

   DI  =  Diagnostician

   OP  =  System supervisor

   NA  =  Network administrator

   NM  =  Node manager

   SF  =  Save files

   ND  =  Access to nonshareable I/O devices

   UV  =  Use volumes

   CV  =  Create volumes

   CS  =  Use communication subsystem

   PS  =  Programmatic sessions

   LG  =  User logging

   PH  =  Process handling

   DS  =  Extra data segments

   MR  =  Multiple RINs

   PM  =  Privileged mode

   IA  =  Interactive access

   BA  =  Batch access

The default is IA, BA, ND, and SF.

Note the following points about this parameter:

Capabilities assigned to the user cannot exceed those assigned to the account.
Any capabilities removed from the account are denied to the user.
The user's capabilities are always verified to be a subset of the account's capabilities at logon. This prevents a user from having a capability not assigned to the account.

HOME

Specifies the name of an existing group to be assigned as the user's home group. The first user established when an account is created, by default, has PUB assigned as the home group. Subsequent new users, by default, have no home group assigned. If no home group is assigned, the user must always specify a group when logging on.

Operation Notes

Usage
You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing Break does not affect this command.
You must have account manager (AM) or system manager (SM) capability to enter this command. You must have system manager (SM) capability to specify a user in an account other than your own.

Example

To define a new user named LHSMITH in the account FINANCE, assign a password of SMITTY, and assign a home group of HOMEGPX, enter:
:NEWUSER LHSMITH.FINANCE;PASS=SMITTY;HOME=HOMEGPX

Related Commands



   ALTUSER

   LISTUSER

   NEWACCT

   NEWGROUP

NEWUSER

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