MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90908)

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3 ASOCTBL
The ASOCTBL utility lets users with SM or OP capability distribute operator commands for specific devices to
other system users. It creates an association table in ASOCIATE.PUB.SYS, where the users are identified with
the device classes that they may associate.
Once a user is included in the association table, he or she can use the ASSOCIATE command to gain access to
the corresponding device class. While a device class is under a user’s control, status messages for the devices
in that class appear on the user’s $STDLIST device, and not on the system console. That user continues to
have exclusive access to the operator commands that control that device until the user terminates the
association by logging off or by issuing the DISASSOCIATE command.
Operation
To invoke ASOCTBL enter:
ASOCTBL
or
RUN ASOCTBL.PUB.SYS
The system responds with a > prompt and you should enter the following:
>devclass=username.acctname
Parameters
devclass The name of a logical device class configured with SYSGEN or NMMGR. When
you specify a device class, all devices assigned to that class are affected by
the ASSOCIATE command.
username The name assigned to the user by the Account Manager. It must contain
from one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic
character. The username parameter may be replaced by @ to indicate all
users. For example, @.acctname enables all users in the specified account.
acctname The name created by the System Manager to identify the account. It must
contain from one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning with an
alphabetic character. The acctname parameter may be replaced by @ to
indicate all accounts. For example, username.@ enables all users of the
specified name in any account.
@.@ Enables all users in all accounts.
ASOCTBL expects input from an ASCII file or a terminal. If data is read from a file, the formal file designator is
INPUT. ASOCTBL reads the input file until it finds an end-of-file (EOF) indicator or a statement beginning with
EXIT in column 1. When ASOCTBL finds errors in the INPUT file, it scans remaining data and then terminates
without updating ASOCIATE.PUB.SYS.
If a file equation for INPUT does not exist, ASOCTBL prompts for input from the terminal.
You may not use a text editor to directly modify the ASOCIATE file.