MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90908)

Chapter 19

PXUTIL

Operation

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Operation

You can invoke the PXUTIL utility from a session or job. It requires SM capability. It is breakable except for

the period during which either old database files are being purged or new ones are being saved.

The PXUTIL utility supports the following four commands:

• UPDATE

• HELP (H)

• QUIT (Q)

• EXIT (E)

Each of these commmands is explained on the following pages.

UPDATE

The UPDATE command provides a way of ensuring that your UID/GID databases accurately reflect the current

directory structure. You may need to update the databases in response to particular error messages generated

by various commands that could not properly update the databases as expected. UID/GIDs of existing users

and accounts are preserved. If the databases do not exist, they are created from scratch, with UID values

beginning at 100 and GID values also beginning at 100.

The UID database contains the following information:

uid Integer initially allocated sequentially for each user.

Initial working directory Home group. For example, /SYS/PUB.

Initial program to use as a shell HFS form of the command interpreter (CI.PUB.SYS), which is:

/SYS/PUB/CI.

The GID database contains the following information:

group name Group name. For example, SYS.

gid Integer initially allocated sequentially for each group.

QUIT

Exits the utility.

EXIT

Exits the utility.

HELP

Displays the PXUTIL utility commands.

Examples

The operation from a session is illustrated below: