Owner`s manual
Page 5-3System Administration
Organizing the Disk
Because there is the danger of logging into the wrong account if you have accounts with
the same account numbers on different disks, you may want to establish a numbering
scheme to prevent duplicates. You may want to reserve accounts [1,*] through [77,*] for
DSK0:, accounts [101,0] through [200,376] for DSK1:, and so on.
If you find assigning and remembering account numbers cumbersome, you can
substitute a predefined "ersatz" name for the account number. One of the files in your
system software is called ERSATZ.INI. It’s located on DSK0: in account [1,4], and
contains several predefined ersatz names, but you can add more of your own, if you
wish. For example, one of the predefined ersatz account names is OPR: for DSK0:[1,2].
So whenever you need to log in the account DSK0:[1,2], you can type LOG OPR:
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instead. The
AMOS User’s Guide
contains more information on ersatz names and how
you can use them.
Adding New Accounts
There is no specific number of accounts you must have; you can add as many as you
wish, as long as there is room on the disk. When your computer is brand new, the only
accounts are the ones the system software is stored in. You’ll want to add more
accounts from time to time as your business grows. To do so, use the SYSACT
command, following these steps:
1.If you want to see a list of the disk devices on your computer, type SYSTAT
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.
The end of the display lists the available disk devices. Decide what device you
want to add the accounts to.
2.Log into account [1,2] on any disk device (for example, DSK0:). Type:
LOG DSK0:[1,2]
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If you weren’t already logged into another account, and your version of AMOS
makes use of user names, you’ll need to enter your user name after the LOG
command. If there’s a password for this account, you’ll be asked for it, too.
3.Type SYSACT followed by the name of the device you want to add the accounts to
and press
RETURN
. For example:
SYSACT DSK1:
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4.SYSACT responds with its prompt symbol, an asterisk. If you’d like to see a list of
all the things SYSACT can do, type:
*H
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5.From the list you see next, you can select different functions to perform. You want
to add a new account, so type A and the account number you want to add and
press
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. For example:
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