Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )
Safeguard Subsystem Commands
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ALTER SAFEGUARD Command
be the last attribute in the command string. A null entry for this attribute resets 
the value to the default value. 
CMON { ON | OFF }
defines whether the Safeguard software is to communicate with the $CMON 
process during the following events: logon, illegal logon attempts, logoff, and 
newprocess of the command interpreter. The initial value is OFF. (The 
Safeguard software does not communicate during these events.)
CMONTIMEOUT [ n SECONDS ] ]
n defines the number of seconds that the Safeguard software is to wait for any 
$CMON operation. The default value is 30 seconds. A null entry for this 
attribute resets the value to the default value. 
CMONERROR [ ACCEPT | DENY ]
defines whether failures to communicate with $CMON should be ignored or 
should result in the authentication being denied. ACCEPT means to ignore 
these failures. DENY means to deny the authentication. The default is 
ACCEPT. A null entry for this attribute resets the value to the default value. 
BLINDLOGON { ON | OFF }
defines whether passwords are accepted if they are typed on the same line as 
the user name during logon. ON specifies that passwords are not accepted if 
they are typed on the same line as the user name and that they must be 
entered on a separate line following the password prompt. OFF specifies that 
passwords can be entered on the same line as the user name during logon. 
The initial value is ON.
NAMELOGON { ON | OFF }
defines whether the Safeguard software accepts only a user name (group 
name.member name) during logon. OFF means that the Safeguard software 
accepts either a user name or a user ID (group number,member number). 
The initial value is ON.
TERMINAL-EXCLUSIVE-ACCESS { ON | OFF }
defines whether a user logged on at a Safeguard terminal has exclusive 
access to that terminal until the user logs off. ON means that the terminal is 
exclusively reserved for the user currently logged on. No other user can have 
access to the terminal during the authenticated user’s session. OFF means 
that exclusive access is not guaranteed to the user who is logged on. The 
initial value is OFF.










