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Managing User Accounts
7.4 Managing System-Supplied UAF Accounts
Table 7–4 describes system-supplied UAF accounts.
Table 7–4 System-Supplied UAF Accounts
UAF Record Description
DEFAULT Serves as a template for creating new user accounts. A new user account is assigned
the values of the DEFAULT account except where you explicitly override those values.
Thus, whenever you add a new account, you need only specify values for fields that you
want to be different. You cannot rename or delete the DEFAULT account from the UAF.
The following AUTHORIZE command creates a new account having the same values as
the DEFAULT account, except that the password, UIC, and default directory fields are
changed:
UAF> ADD MARCONI/PASSWORD=QLP6YT9A/UIC=[033,004]/DIRECTORY=[MARCONI]
Section 7.6 gives an example of how to use AUTHORIZE to add a user account.
Section 7.7.4 explains how to create and use additional default templates.
FIELD Permits Compaq support representatives to test a new system.
† On VAX systems, the default Field Service account has the user name FIELD.
‡ On Alpha systems, you name Field Service accounts for specific Compaq support
representatives; for example, Mary_Smith or John_Jones.
SYSTEM Provides a means for you to log in with full privileges. You can modify the record for the
system manager’s account but you cannot rename it or delete it from the UAF.
Caution
Do not change the SYSTEM account UAF record
fields for the default device, directory, and privileges.
Installation of maintenance releases of the operating
system and optional software products depends on
certain values in these fields.
Note any hourly or daily restrictions that you have implemented on the SYSTEM
account when performing upgrades from the SYSTEM account.
SYSTEST Provides an appropriate environment for running UETP, a User Environment Test
Package, on standalone systems. (See Chapter 19.)
SYSTEST_CLIG Provides an appropriate environment for running UETP in an OpenVMS Cluster
environment. SYSTEST_CLIG accounts have no passwords associated with them.
(See Chapter 19.)
†VAX specific
‡Alpha specific
7.4.2 Creating Accounts on Alpha Systems (Alpha Only)
On Alpha systems, you can use the SYS$MANAGER:CREATE_SPECIAL_
ACCOUNTS.COM command procedure to create SYSTEST, SYSTEST_CLIG, and
multiple Field Service accounts.
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