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<H1>Administration Reference</H1>
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<H2><A NAME="HDRKAS_CREATE" HREF="auarf002.htm#ToC_197">kas create</A></H2>
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<P><STRONG>Purpose</STRONG>
<P>Creates an entry in the Authentication Database
<P><STRONG>Synopsis</STRONG>
<PRE><B>kas create -name</B> &lt;<VAR>name&nbsp;of&nbsp;user</VAR>> [<B>-initial_password</B> &lt;<VAR>initial&nbsp;password</VAR>>]
[<B>-admin_username</B> &lt;<VAR>admin&nbsp;principal&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;for&nbsp;authentication</VAR>>]
[<B>-password_for_admin</B> &lt;<VAR>admin&nbsp;password</VAR>>] [<B>-cell</B> &lt;<VAR>cell&nbsp;name</VAR>>]
[<B>-servers</B> &lt;<VAR>explicit&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;authentication&nbsp;servers</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>]
[<B>-noauth</B>] [<B>-help</B>]
<B>kas c -na</B> &lt;<VAR>name&nbsp;of&nbsp;user</VAR>> [<B>-i</B> &lt;<VAR>initial&nbsp;password</VAR>>]
[<B>-a</B> &lt;<VAR>admin&nbsp;principal&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;for&nbsp;authentication</VAR>>]
[<B>-p</B> &lt;<VAR>admin&nbsp;password</VAR>>] [<B>-c</B> &lt;<VAR>cell&nbsp;name</VAR>>]
[<B>-s</B> &lt;<VAR>explicit&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;authentication&nbsp;servers</VAR>><SUP>+</SUP>] [<B>-no</B>] [<B>-h</B>]
</PRE>
<P><STRONG>Description</STRONG>
<P>The <B>kas create</B> command creates an entry in the Authentication
Database for the user named by the <B>-name</B> argument.
<P>To avoid having the account's initial password echo visibly at the
shell prompt, omit the <B>-initial_password</B> argument; the command
interpreter prompts for the password and does not echo it visibly.
Whether or not <B>-initial_password</B> is omitted, the Authentication
Server converts the password into a form suitable for use as an encryption
key, and records it in the entry's key field.
<P>To alter settings in an Authentication Database entry, use the <B>kas
setfields</B> command. To examine an entry, use the <B>kas
examine</B> command. To list every entry in the database, use the
<B>kas list</B> command.
<P><STRONG>Options</STRONG>
<DL>
<P><DT><B>-name
</B><DD>Names the new Authentication Database entry. Because it is the name
under which the user logs in, it must obey the restrictions that many
operating systems impose on user names (usually, to contain no more than eight
lowercase letters).
<P><DT><B>-initial_password
</B><DD>Sets the user's password; provide a character string that can
include uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals and punctuation. The
Authentication Server scrambles the string into an octal string suitable for
use as an encryption key before placing it in the entry's key
field. If this argument is omitted, the command interpreter prompts for
the string and does not echo it visibly.
<P><DT><B>-admin_username
</B><DD>Specifies the user identity under which to authenticate with the
Authentication Server for execution of the command. For more details,
see the introductory <B>kas</B> reference page.
<P><DT><B>-password_for_admin
</B><DD>Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is
omitted (as recommended), the <B>kas</B> command interpreter prompts for
it and does not echo it visibly. For more details, see the introductory
<B>kas</B> reference page.
<P><DT><B>-cell
</B><DD>Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see
the introductory <B>kas</B> reference page.
<P><DT><B>-servers
</B><DD>Names each machine running an Authentication Server with which to
establish a connection. For more details, see the introductory
<B>kas</B> reference page.
<P><DT><B>-noauth
</B><DD>Assigns the unprivileged identity <B>anonymous</B> to the
issuer. For more details, see the introductory <B>kas</B> reference
page.
<P><DT><B>-help
</B><DD>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
</DL>
<P><STRONG>Examples</STRONG>
<P>The following example shows the prompts that appear when an administrator
logged in as <B>admin</B> creates an Authentication Database entry for the
user <B>smith</B>, and does not include either the
<B>-initial_password</B> or <B>-password_for_admin</B>
arguments.
<PRE> % <B>kas create smith</B>
Password for admin:
initial_password:
Verifying, please re-enter initial_password:
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<P><STRONG>Privilege Required</STRONG>
<P>The issuer must have the <TT>ADMIN</TT> flag set on his or her
Authentication Database entry.
<P><STRONG>Related Information</STRONG>
<P><A HREF="auarf181.htm#HDRKAS_INTRO">kas</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf185.htm#HDRKAS_EXAMINE">kas examine</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf189.htm#HDRKAS_LIST">kas list</A>
<P><A HREF="auarf193.htm#HDRKAS_SETFIELDS">kas setfields</A>
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