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Command Definitions A-B
ALTUSER
Opt USERPASS=OPT specifies that users in this account may or may not have
passwords. If you do not use the USERPASS parameter, the old value
remains. It is available only if the HP Security Monitor has been installed.
Expired The password expires immediately. The user cannot logon without
selecting a new password. It is only available if the HP Security Monitor
has been installed.
Operation Notes
The ALTUSER command allows the account manager to change the password, capabilities,
processing subqueue, security checking, and home group currently defined for a user. More
than one of these attributes may be changed at a time, by entering multiple keyword
parameters on a single command line, using the semicolon (;) delimiter.
To change an attribute, enter the keyword and its new value. When an entire keyword
parameter group is omitted from the ALTUSER command, the corresponding value for the
user remains unchanged. When a keyword is included, but the corresponding parameter is
omitted (as in PASS=
Return), a default value is assigned as shown in
Table 2-4 'Default Values for the ALTUSER Command' on page 81 .
Table 2-4 Default Values for the ALTUSER Command
When a parameter is modified with the ALTUSER command, it is immediately registered in
the directory. However, it does not affect users who are currently logged on to the system.
They are affected the next time they log on to the same user name and account. For this
reason, warn users in advance of any intended changes.
Avoid changing the capabilitylist or homegroupname of the user MANAGER.SYS. SM capability
cannot be taken away from MANAGER.SYS.
ALTUSER will not allow a user with AM capability to remove AM from their own
capability list. However, a user with AM can remove AM from the capability list of another
AM user inside the same account.
Parameter Default Values
password NULL password
capabilitylist SF, ND, IA, and BA (provided these capabilities have been specified for
the account)
subqueuename CS
localattribute 0 (null)
homegroupname The first user established when the account is created has PUB assigned
as home group. Subsequent users have no group assigned as home. If a
user has no home group assigned, an existing group must be specified
when initiating a job or a session.
