ACCESS File Commands

Access records are used to grant or deny access to users and groups in local and remote SCHEDULE client to server connections. The establishment and updating of records in the database is performed automatically when users log in and connect to the server from local or remote clients. However, it may be necessary to edit records to grant more or less privilege or to adjust proxy settings from a remote node.

Access commands - These commands all perform operations on access records. The commands are as follows:

Windows/OpenVMS	UNIX/Linux	Description
copy/access	cpacc	Copy the access file to another access file
create/access	mkacc	Create a new access file
delete/access	rmacc	Delete the access file
directory/access	lsacc	Display the access file(s)
modify/access	chacc	Modify the access file
rename/access	mvacc	Rename the access file

The Access Records are stored in several directories that are accessible to users with All Access privileges. These directories are:

Directory	Description
\syscontrol\	Top level directory for access records
\syscontrol\users\	User access records
\syscontrol\groups\	Group access records
\syscontrol\identifiers\	Identifiers for group and user records. Assigned by the system
\sysproxy\	Top directory for proxy records

The SYSPROXY directory contains subdirectories that contain proxy map information for any users that have connected to the current local server. When a user attempts to connect to the server, a hierarchical search is performed to determine if the user has connected previously and then grants whatever privileges are assigned. The search is performed in the following order:

The file sch0_proxy.dat (in the schedule directory) file is searched for user information.

Any directory with a name that is an IP address is searched.

Any directory that is a fully qualified TCP/IP name is searched.

Any directory that is a fully qualified domain is searched.

Any directory that is a regular host name is searched.

Directory names representing the domain and node name of incoming remote connections use a variety of conventions. These are:

Directory	Description
\fjones	Simple host name
\home_domain _2Efjones	Fully qualified domain name
\fjones _2Ei _2Ds _2Ee _2E com	Fully qualified TCP/IP Domain name
\192 _2E168 _2E0 _2E142	IP Address

Note

Because of multiple platform compatibility issues, periods(.), slashes(/), back slashes(\) and dashes (-) are represented symbolically within directory names under the SYSPROXY directory at the command prompt. These symbols are: _2E for period, _2F for slash, _5C for back slash and _2D for dash.

In This Section

Copy an access record (copy/access or cpacc)

Create an access record (create/access or mkacc)

Delete an access record (delete/access or rmacc)

Display a list of access records (directory/access or lsacc)

Modify an access record (modify/access or chacc)

Rename an access record (rename/access or mvacc)