checklogin Command—Determine Login Information

Valid in the AC environment

Use the checklogin command to determine a user's login privileges, whether a password check is needed, and whether a terminal access check is needed.

Note: This command is not available when seos is down.

To use this command you must have sufficient authority over the resource, as defined by any of the following conditions:

This command has the following format:

checklogin userName [password(password)] [terminal(terminalName)]

password(password): (Optional) Defines the password that CA ControlMinder checks against the operating system password and the database, if password checking is enabled.
userName: Defines the name of the user whose right to login is being verified.
terminal(terminalName): (Optional) Defines the terminal that CA ControlMinder checks to determine if a user has login privileges from it.

Example: Determine whether user has login privileges

To determine whether user Frank has login privileges to the localhost from terminal mutra, enter the following command:

checklogin Frank terminal(mutra)

The following output of the command, indicates that user Frank can login from terminal mutra to host winsome (localhost):

Login by USER frank to host winsome is GRANTED
Stage: Resource class global universal access

To verify user Frank's password, enter the following command:

checklogin frank password(111) terminal(localhost)

To verify user Frank's password against the one in the CA ControlMinder database, enter the following commands:

so class+(PASSWORD) (localhost)
checklogin frank password(moonshine) terminal(tack)

The so command above enables password checking.