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Masking Logonids

Masking lets you specify multiple logonids at one time. For example, the logonid mask PAY*** represents all logonids that begin with the letters PAY and end with any zero to three characters.

You can use masking to process multiple logonid records with a single ACF subcommand. You can also use logonid masks to process other CA ACF2 for VM records and to create CA ACF2 for VM rules.

There are two different masking symbols that you can use in logonids, the asterisk and the dash.

Asterisks

A logonid mask that contains asterisks represents all valid logonids that begin with the specified characters and end with any number of characters that do not exceed the number of asterisks. These characters can include blanks.

Dashes

A logonid mask that contains a dash represents all valid logonids that begin with the specified characters. The total length of a valid logonid must be eight or less characters.