XYGATE User Authentication Reference Manual

XYGATE
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User Authentication
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(XUA) 1.85 Reference Manual
Chapter 1. Installing XUA
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1.8.2 Aliases
Aliases are specified as follows:
Syntax:
ALIAS:"[\NODE.]<alias>"
The ALIAS:" " syntax tells XYGATE (and the HP NonStop server) that the string is
an alias. The quotation marks are necessary to prevent the string from being upshifted
or TACL trying to interpret any special characters. You can use wildcarding to specify
both nodes and alias names when appropriate.
ALIAS:"*" represents all local aliases.
ALIAS:"\*.*" represents all network aliases.
ALIAS:"\NODEA.*" represents all aliases on \NODEA.
Aliases are case-sensitive. Also, the HP NonStop will always upshift node names, so
that they must always be uppercase within the quotation marks.
You can wildcard aliases using trailing asterisks ( * ). For example, if your company’s
naming convention is that any alias to SUPER.SUPER begins with lowercase sup-,
you could wildcard the aliases by entering ALIAS:"\*.sup-*" in the syntax.
Unfortunately, you cannot use leading asterisks. You can, however, use standard
HP NonStop wildcard characters such as the question mark (?) representing any
character or the plus sign (+) representing any number.
Example: How to wildcard aliases
a)
Alias:"bryan"
The local alias "bryan" (not BRYAN)
b)
Alias:"\*.bryan"
The alias "bryan" on any node in the network
c)
Alias:"WIRE-*"
Any local alias beginning with the uppercase characters
WIRE-
d)
Alias:"\*.WIRE-*"
Any remote alias beginning with the uppercase characters
WIRE-
e)
Alias:"WIRE-blh"
Local WIRE-blh
f)
Alias:"\*.WIRE-blh"
Network WIRE-blh
g)
Alias:"\N1*.WIRE-*"
Aliases beginning with WIRE- from nodes beginning with
\N1
h)
Alias:"\DATA.WIRE-blh"
WIRE-blh remote from the \DATA node
i)
Alias:"\DATA.???-WIRE"
Aliases beginning with three characters and ending
in -WIRE from node \DATA
j)
Alias:"\N1*.?++-WIRE"
Aliases beginning with some character followed by two
numbers and ending in -WIRE from node \DATA
Notice that node names within the quotation marks can also be wild carded with a
trailing asterisk ( * ). Also, remember that the HP NonStop will always upshift node
names, so that they must always be uppercase within the quotation marks.