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ADD

REMOVE

SHOW

device

username

Command Qualifiers

Examples

/PROXY

/TERMINAL

/PORT

device

Command Qualifiers

Example

/CONFIRM

/LOG

/USERNAME

device

Command Qualifiers

/OUTPUT

/USERNAME

MCR SYSMAN ALF — VMS 5.2

 Use ALF to add, display or remove entries from the Automatic Login
 Facility (ALF) database.

 This database permits users to log in without specifying a user name.
 by associating terminals and ports with user names.  Please see the
 Guide to VMS System Security and Guide to Setting up a VMS System
 for more information.

 This command requires access to the ALF database, normally
 SYS$SYSTEM:SYSALF.DAT.

Additional information available:

ADDREMOVESHOW

ADD

 Use the ADD command to add an entry into the ALF
 database.

 Format:
   ALF ADD device username

Additional information available:

deviceusernameCommand QualifiersExamples

device

 Name of the terminal or port that automatic logins are to
 be enabled for.  This terminal or port must not currently
 exist in the ALF database.  This argument is assumed to
 be a device name unless the /PORT or /PROXY qualifier is used.

username

 The name of the user to be associated with the specified
 device.

Command Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/PROXY/TERMINAL/PORT

/PROXY

 Specifies that the named device is a port name in proxy
 format, i.e. NODE::USERNAME

/TERMINAL

 Specifies that the named device is a terminal.  This
 is the default.

/PORT

 Specifies that the named device is a port name.

Examples

 SYSMAN> ALF ADD TTA2 LARRY

 Specifies that terminal TTA2 should be associated with user LARRY.

 SYSMAN> ALF ADD/PROXY MYNODE::JOHNSON OPERATOR

 Specifies that a remote user on node MYNODE with a username of JOHNSON
 should be associated with user OPERATOR on the local node.  If
 JOHNSON does a SET HOST to the local node he/she will be assigned the
 username OPERATOR on the local node.

REMOVE

 Deletes one or more records from the ALF database.

 Format:
   ALF REMOVE [device]

Additional information available:

deviceCommand QualifiersExample

device

 Specifies the device(s) which you are interested in.  Wildcard
 characters (% and *) may be used freely.  If this parameter is
 omitted all ALF records will be removed.

 If this parameter is omitted the /USERNAME or /CONFIRM qualifier
 must be specified.

Command Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/CONFIRM/LOG/USERNAME

/CONFIRM

 /NOCONFIRM [default]

 Controls whether a request is issued before each individual
 REMOVE operation to confirm that the operation should be
 performed on that file.

/LOG

 /NOLOG [default]

 Determines if the REMOVE command displays the names of the
 records removed from the ALF database.

/USERNAME

 Specifies the username(s) which you are interested in.  Wildcard
 characters (% and *) may be used freely.  If this parameter is
 omitted all ALF records which match the specified device name
 will be removed.

Example

 SYSMAN> ALF REMOVE/USER=OPERATOR

 Removes all ALF records which associates a device with the
 user OPERATOR.

SHOW

 Displays one or more records in the ALF database.

 Format:
   ALF SHOW [device]

Additional information available:

deviceCommand Qualifiers

device

 Specifies the device(s) which you are interested in.  Wildcard
 characters (% and *) may be used freely.  If this parameter is
 omitted all ALF records will be displayed.

Command Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/OUTPUT/USERNAME

/OUTPUT

 /OUTPUT[=file-spec]

 Specifies that the output from the execution of this command is to
 written to the file specified, or to "[default_directory]SYSMAN.LIS"
 if no filespec is given.

/USERNAME

 Specifies the username(s) which you are interested in.  Wildcard
 characters (% and *) may be used freely.  If this parameter is
 omitted all ALF records which match the specified device name
 will be displayed.

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