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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.sysmgt
Subject: Re: Copying a LONG list of rights identifiers between users.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 28 Jul 92 07:03:32 PDT
References: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Beckman Instruments
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In article <[e-mail]>, I wrote:
> We have a username with about 300 rights identifiers attached to it (sad but
> true).  The user has retired and we want to use a generic username for what we
> were using all those identifiers.  The generic username exists, and I just
> need to put all those rights identifiers on the generic username.  Is there a
> simple way to grant/id all those identifiers?

Well, I had hoped there was a slick VMS way of doing this, and, if feasible,
there is, you can simply change the UIC (unless, as in our case, you have strict
accounting reasons that it can't change :-( ).  Since that wasn't allowed, the
best solution recommended was to do an AUTHORIZE LIST/RIGHTS <username>.  This
creates RIGHTSLIST.lis which can be edited with TPU learn sequences into the
correct set of grant/id's.  One thing none of my respondants mentioned is that
you have to be careful of attributes, easily changed with TPU REPL "dynamic"
"/ATTR=dynamic" (similar with resource or a comma seperated list).

Thanks to my many correspondents, who are legion in this case :-), otherwise
I'd name names.

--
   Don Roberts                   Internet:  [e-mail]
   Beckman Instruments, Inc.     Phone:     [phone]
   2500 Harbor Bl. Mailstop X-12 FAX:       [phone]
   Fullerton, CA  92634          Disclaimer:  Blame me, not Beckman.
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