NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Using UMS to Manage User Access
Managing User Access and Privileges
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If the user’s user name has embedded spaces, the password is checked against the
user name in three ways.
First, the embedded spaces are removed and the password is checked against the
concatenated user name. The password must not have consecutive characters that:
Are identical to the user’s concatenated user name
Match any part of the concatenated user name
Contain the concatenated user name
For example, if a user name is Tom Day, the following passwords (when checked
against TomDay) are invalid:
TOMDAY, TOMD, MDAY, ATOMDAYZ, TOMDAY12
Second, the embedded spaces are retained and the password is checked against
each individual name in the user name. (A name is a first, middle, or last name.
Also, a name is more than one character in length; otherwise, it is an initial.) The
password must not have consecutive characters that:
Are identical to a name
Contain a name
For example, if a user name is John Edward Sam Grey, the following
passwords (when checked in turn against John, Edward, Sam, and Grey) are
invalid:
JOHN, AJOHNZ, EDWARD, 12EDWARD, SAM, 0SAM0, GREY, GREYAZ
Third, the embedded spaces are retained and the password is checked against the
initials of the user name. The password must not be the initials from the user
name. For example, if a user name is Clair Rebecca New, the following
password is invalid:
CRN
The password must not contain three or more consecutive instances of the same
character. For example, the following passwords are invalid:
HAL9000, AAABBB, 11222233
Valid passwords for a user with a user ID of SYSADMIN and a user name of Ian D.
MacKaye could include:
EAZYE, 2LiveCru, Pc$SI#@Y
See Section 5, “Customizing the Operations Environment,” for information about
setting system-wide password management attributes.
Guardian ID Field The Guardian ID field defines the universe of GUIDs with which the user can operate
conversational-mode Guardian utilities, such as PUP. These utilities operate under the
GUID currently active in the operator’s profile. NonStop NET/MASTER MS users
have all of the capabilities of the active GUID. (Access to conversational-mode
Guardian utilities and their command sets can be restricted by use of a command
authority level.) Files created in Edit Services are owned by the user’s active GUID.