Summary

• SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT is the user authorization file (UAF) in which user names, privileges, and most other user characteristics are stored.

• SYS$SYSTEM:RIGHTSLIST.DAT is the rights list database related to access control lists (ACLs), which are discussed fully in Chapter 8.

• SYS$SYSTEM:AUTHORIZE.EXE is the program to manage SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT and RIGHTSLIST.DAT.

• CREATE is a DCL command to make a directory.

• SYS$SYSTEM:SYSMAN.EXE is a program to manage general login parameters and to manage disk quotas.

• SYS$EXAMPLES:ADDUSER.COM is an interactive command procedure used to create a user account. Normally, this must be moved to SYS$SYSTEM and modified for site-specific needs.

• OpenVMS includes a dictionary of prohibited passwords, and SYS$SYSTEM:LOCAL_PASSWORD_DICTIONARY.DATA is the site-specific extension to this dictionary, which is created and managed by the system manager.

• ACCOUNTING is a program to report system resource utilization that operates on the database in SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTNG.DAT.

• SET ACCOUNTING and SHOW ACCOUNTING are the DCL commands that control what is saved in the accounting database.

• The database for users' mail is in SYS$SYSTEM:VMSMAIL_PROFILE.DATA and is managed with various MAIL subcommands, such as SHOW and SET.