Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Device and Subdevice Security Commands
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ALTER DEVICE and SUBDEVICE Commands
spec adds the new access-spec to the existing ACL. To remove authorities
previously granted to users, use the minus-sign (-) form of access-spec.
device-list
specifies one or more devices for which authorization records are to be changed.
All devices specified must already have Safeguard authorization records (created
through the ADD DEVICE command). device-list can be either:
device-name
( device-name [ , device-name ] ... )
device-name
can be any device name. The name can contain wild-card characters.
LIKE device-name
adopts the existing device attribute values of device-name as the attribute values
to be used for the authorization record or records being altered. For the ACCESS
attribute, LIKE only adds ACL entries or adds authorities to existing entries. It does
not replace or delete ACL entries or authorities.
device-name
identifies the device whose current device-attribute values are to be
assigned to the device authorization record or records being altered. device-
name can be any device name.
subdevice-list
specifies one or more subdevices for which authorization records are to be
changed. subdevice-list can be either:
subdevice-name
( subdevice-name [ , subdevice-name ... ] )
ALTER DEVICE device-list [ , ]
{ LIKE device-name | device-attribute }
[ , device-attribute ] ...
ALTER SUBDEVICE subdevice-list [ , ]
{ LIKE subdevice-name | device-attribute }
[ , device-attribute ] ...