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

Group Commands
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Syntax of Group Commands
Syntax of Group Commands
The remainder of this section describes each group command in detail. Commands are
presented in alphabetical order, and descriptions contain these elements:
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A summary of the command’s function, including the restrictions on who can use
the command
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The command syntax, including descriptions of the command parameters and
variables
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The format for any command listing or report
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Considerations for the use of the command
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Examples of command usage
ADD GROUP Command
The ADD GROUP command adds a group definition record for a specified group. You
can specify only one group name in an ADD GROUP command, and you cannot use
wild-card characters in the group name.
If no access control list exists for OBJECTTYPE USER, only local super-group
members can use the ADD GROUP command. If an access control list exists for
OBJECTTYPE USER, only users with create (C) authority on that access control list
can use the ADD GROUP command.
[ NAME ] group-name
specifies the name of the group to be added to the system. The name must be
unique within the local system. group-name is a case-sensitive text string that
can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters in length. In addition to alphabetic and
numeric characters, the characters period (.), hyphen (-), and underscore (_) are
permitted within the text string. The first character of a group name must be
Table 7-1. Group Command Summary
Command Description
ADD GROUP Adds a group definition record with the specified group attribute
values.
ALTER GROUP Changes one or more attribute values in a group definition record.
DELETE GROUP Deletes a group definition record.
GROUP Displays the existing attribute values in a group definition record.
ADD GROUP [ NAME ] group-name [ , ] NUMBER group-num ,
[ group-attribute [ , group-attribute ] ] ...