=head1 NAME pts_createuser - Creates a user or machine entry in the Protection Database =head1 SYNOPSIS =for html
B S<<< B<-name> >+ >>> S<<< [B<-id> >+] >>> S<<< [B<-cell> >] >>> [B<-noauth>] [B<-localauth>] [B<-force>] [B<-help>] [B<-auth>] [B<-encrypt>] S<<< [B<-config> >] >>> B S<<< B<-na> >+ >>> S<<< [B<-i> >+] >>> S<<< [B<-c> >] >>> [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-h>] [B<-a>] [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> >] >>> B S<<< B<-na> >+ >>> S<<< [B<-i> >+] >>> S<<< [B<-c> >] >>> [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-h>] [B<-a>] [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> >] >>> =for html
=head1 DESCRIPTION The B command creates an entry in the Protection Database for each user or machine specified by the B<-name> argument. A user entry name becomes the user's AFS username (the one to provide when authenticating with the AFS Authentication Server). A machine entry's name is the machine's IP address or a wildcard notation that represents a range of consecutive IP addresses (a group of machines on the same network). It is not possible to authenticate as a machine, but a group to which a machine entry belongs can appear on a directory's access control list (ACL), thereby granting the indicated permissions to any user logged on to the machine. AFS user IDs (AFS UIDs) are positive integers and by default the Protection Server assigns an AFS UID that is one greater than the current value of the C counter in the Protection Database, incrementing the counter by one for each user. To assign a specific AFS UID, use the B<-id> argument. If any of the specified AFS UIDs is greater than the current value of the C counter, the counter is reset to that value. It is acceptable to specify an AFS UID smaller than the current value of the counter, but the creation operation fails if an existing user or machine entry already has it. To display or set the value of the C counter, use the B or B command, respectively. The issuer of the B command is recorded as the entry's creator and the group system:administrators as its owner. =head1 CAUTIONS The Protection Server reserves several AFS UIDs, including 0 (zero) and 32766 (anonymous) for internal use, and returns an error if the B<-id> argument has a reserved value. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<-name> >+ Specifies either a username for a user entry, or an IP address (complete or wildcarded) for a machine entry: =over 4 =item * A username can include up to 63 numbers and lowercase letters, but it is best to make it shorter than eight characters, because many application programs cannot handle longer names. Also, it is best not to include shell metacharacters or other punctuation marks. In particular, the colon (C<:>) and at-sign (C<@>) characters are not acceptable. The period is generally used only in special administrative names, to separate the username and an I, as in the example C. =item * A machine identifier is its IP address in dotted decimal notation (for example, 192.12.108.240), or a wildcard notation that represents a set of IP addresses (a group of machines on the same network). The following are acceptable wildcard formats. The letters C, C, C and C each represent an actual number from the range 1 through 255. =over 4 =item * W.X.Y.Z represents a single machine, for example C<192.12.108.240>. =item * W.X.Y.0 matches all machines whose IP addresses start with the first three numbers. For example, C<192.12.108.0> matches both C<192.12.108.119> and C<192.12.108.120>, but does not match C<192.12.105.144>. =item * W.X.0.0 matches all machines whose IP addresses start with the first two numbers. For example, the address C<192.12.0.0> matches both C<192.12.106.23> and C<192.12.108.120>, but does not match C<192.5.30.95>. =item * W.0.0.0 matches all machines whose IP addresses start with the first number in the specified address. For example, the address C<192.0.0.0> matches both C<192.5.30.95> and C<192.12.108.120>, but does not match C<138.255.63.52>. =back Do not define a machine entry with the name C<0.0.0.0> to match every machine. The system:anyuser group is equivalent. =back =item B<-id> >+ Specifies an AFS UID for each user or machine entry, rather than allowing the Protection Server to assign it. Provide a positive integer. If this argument is used and the B<-name> argument names multiple new entries, it is best to provide an equivalent number of AFS UIDs. The first UID is assigned to the first entry, the second to the second entry, and so on. If there are fewer UIDs than entries, the Protection Server assigns UIDs to the unmatched entries based on the C counter. If there are more UIDs than entries, the excess UIDs are ignored. If any of the UIDs is greater than the current value of the C counter, the counter is reset to that value. =include fragments/pts-common.pod =back =head1 OUTPUT The command generates the following string to confirm creation of each user: User has id =head1 EXAMPLES The following example creates a Protection Database entry for the user C. % pts createuser -name johnson The following example creates three wildcarded machine entries in the Example Corporation cell. The three entries encompass all of the machines on the company's networks without including machines on other networks: % pts createuser -name 138.255.0.0 192.12.105.0 192.12.106.0 =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT IBM Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.