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

Group Commands
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ALTER GROUP Command
The group number.member number form of a user ID is not allowed in a
MEMBER list.
You can specify up to 32 members to be added to the list and up to
32 members to deleted from the list in a single command.
If necessary, you can use more than one MEMBER clause in a single ALTER
GROUP command.
To add and delete members in the same command, use separate MEMBER
clauses, as Example 3 shows.
DESCRIPTION [ text ]
specifies up to 255 characters of descriptive text to replace the existing
description for this group. All text following the keyword DESCRIPTION to the
end of the command is considered descriptive text.
If you specify DESCRIPTION without any text, the description for this group is
removed.
Considerations
•
You need not own user or alias authentication records to add those users or
aliases to a group’s member list.
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A single user or alias can be a member of up to 32 groups.
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There is no restriction on the number of members in a group. An administrative
group is limited to 256 members for administration purposes, but it can have
additional members for file-sharing purposes.
Examples
1. The following command changes the description of the group assigned group
number 656:
=ALTER GROUP NUMBER 656 DESCRIPTION All first- and &
=second-shift system administrators
2. The following command changes the description of the group Rel20 and all groups
whose names begin with Test:
=ALTER GROUP NAME (Test*, Rel20) DESCRIPTION Temporary &
=group for system test purposes
3. The following command adds the user PROG4.SUE to group number 120 and
deletes the aliases Joe3 and HotDog from that group:
=ALTER GROUP NUMBER 120 MEMBER PROG4.SUE, &
=MEMBER -(Joe3, HotDog)