Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )

User Alias Security Commands
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ALTER ALIAS Command
PRS.MABEL has the user alias Mgr-Mabel and the password seaSide, and
PRS.JACK has the user alias Admin-Jack and the password TROUT3. The
authentication records for both aliases belong to user 86,2.
3. To add the alias BENNY1 for the user 86,4, the PRS manager uses the LIKE
clause with the ADD command:
=ADD ALIAS BENNY1, 86,4 , LIKE prs.darlene, &
=PASSWORD GoFish
This LIKE clause gives the new alias (BENNY1, who has the user ID 86,4) the
same user attributes as the user PRS.DARLENE.
ALTER ALIAS Command
ALTER ALIAS changes one or more user attributes in an alias authentication record.
Only the primary owner of an alias authentication record, the secondary owners, the
primary owner’s group manager, or the local super ID can use ALTER ALIAS to
change the user attribute values in an alias authentication record.
For all attributes other than REMOTEPASSWORD, the ALTER ALIAS command
replaces the current attribute value with the newly specified value. For the
REMOTEPASSWORD attribute, ALTER ALIAS updates the remote password list by
adding, deleting, or changing the corresponding remote password as indicated.
You cannot alter the underlying user ID for an alias.
ALIAS
specifies ALIAS as the object type of the ALTER command. Omit it if ALIAS is the
assumed type. (For more information about assumed types, see the ASSUME
Command on page 4-3.)
alias
specifies the alias or aliases whose authentication records are to be changed.
alias is a text-string as defined under the ADD ALIAS command. The alias can
contain wild-card characters.
LIKE user
adopts the attribute values from an existing alias or user authentication record as
the attribute values for the alias authentication record being added.
ALTER ALIAS { alias | ( alias [ , alias ] ... ) }
[ , ] { LIKE user | user-attribute }
[ , user-attribute ] ... [ [,]
WHERE expression ]