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CREATE USER Parameters

user-identifier

Identifies the user to be created.

User-identifier can be at most 18 characters in length. It must be unique among the set of authorization identifiers (users and groups) in the user catalog.

Note: For more information about identifiers, see Notes on Security Statement Syntax.

DESCRIPTION 'description'

Supplies a description of the user.

Description can be at most 40 characters in length. This parameter is available for documentation; its value is not used in CA IDMS security processing.

GROUP

Specifies the default group of user-identifier.

PUBLIC

Identifies the group PUBLIC.

group-identifier

Identifies a group.

If group-identifier has been defined in the user catalog, the user is added to the group. If group-identifier has not been defined in the user catalog, an error message is issued and the user is not added to the group.

Note: For more information about identifiers, see Notes on Security Statement Syntax.

NAME 'user-name'

Supplies a name to be associated with user-identifier in the user catalog.

User-name can be at most 32 characters in length. This parameter is available for documentation; its value is not used in CA IDMS security processing.

PASSWORD password

Supplies a password for user-identifier.

Password may be at most eight characters in length.

NULL

Specifies that no password is defined for user-identifier in the user catalog.

PROFILE

Specifies a user profile to be associated with user-identifier.

profile-name

Identifies a user profile.

Profile-name must be a user profile defined in the user catalog with the CREATE USER PROFILE statement.

NULL

Specifies that no profile is associated with user-identifier.

If NULL is specified, no user profile attributes will be established when the user executes CA IDMS software.