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createpmd Command—Create a PMDB on a Host

Valid in the pmd environment

The createpmd command defines a PMDB on a remote host. You can designate one or more users as administrator, auditor, and password managers for the PMDB. You can also define the PMDB's parent and subscriber PMDBs. You can run createpmd command from a remote host.

This command has the following format:

createpmd pmdname \

[admins(user [user ...])] \
[auditors(user [user ...])] \
[pwman(user [user ...])] \
[parentpmd(pmdname@host)] \
[desktop(host-names...)] \
[subscriber(host-names|pmdnames...)] \
[pwdfile(file-name))] \
[grpfile(file-name))] \
[nis] \
[xadmins(user [user ...])] \
[xauditors(user [user ...])] \

admins(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more internal users to be PMDB administrators. Separate multiple users with spaces.

auditors(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more internal users who can view the audit file of the PMDB. Separate multiple users with spaces.

pwmans(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more users as PMDB password managers. Separate multiple users with spaces.

parentpmd(pmdname@host)

Specifies the name of the PMDB that is a parent to the one you are creating.

Note: If you want to define multiple parent Policy Models with a selang remote command, you must to use quotation marks. For example, to create a Policy Model and define its parent, use the following command:

createpmd subs2 admins(abc123 root) auditors(abc123 root) desktop(pcp36949) \
parentpmd("aa@pcp36949,bb@pcp36949")

desktop(host [host ...])

Specifies one or more hosts from which administrators can administer the PMDB. Separate multiple hosts with spaces. The default is the host of the new PMDB.

subscribers(host | pmd [host | pmd ...])

Specifies the hosts or PMDBs to be a subscriber of the new PMDB. Separate multiple hosts or pmds with spaces.

pwdfile(filename)

Specifies the PMDB password file.

grpfile(filename)

Specifies the PMDB group file.

nis

Performs an NIS setup on the new PMDB's host, and creates a filter file to filter out all UNIX updates.

xadmins(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more enterprise users to be PMDB administrators. Separate multiple users with spaces.

xauditors(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more enterprise users who can view the audit file of the PMDB. Separate multiple users with spaces.

pwmans(user [user ...])

Specifies one or more enterprise users as PMDB password managers. Separate multiple users with spaces.