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E Managing Traits at the Console
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After you have set a policy on how often people must change their passwords, use list u
regularly to ensure that no one forgets to do this within the prescribed period of time. If one
or more users do not change their passwords often enough, use the force command to force
them to do so.
User Traits Console Command Summary
The following User Traits Summary table is a summary of iNEWS user traits. The first
column shows the trait name as it appears in the Modify User Account dialog box. The
second column lists actual commands for assigning or removing each trait from the console.
The third column contains an explanation of the trait and an example of utraits console
command lines.
Name in Modify
User Account
dialog box
Utrait Console
Command Definition / Example
Superuser
Blacklisted
Simplified
su n | su -
+b |-b
+s |-s
The user has superuser privileges.
The user cannot log in to the iNEWS system.
The user has limitations, as defined by the Simplified
User Settings.
Examples:
utraits palmer su n
utraits palmer su -
utraits palmer +b
utraits palmer +s
Local Only
localonly
The user can only log in locally.
Example:
utraits jones +localonly
Overwrite
editmode o
Everything the user enters in a story overwrites the
character under the cursor. This is the default.
Example:
utraits hansen editmode o