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Class and Property Information

The following conventions apply to the provided class and property information:

• In the descriptive material before the property lists, the key of the class record is defined.

  The key is the record identifier, which you specify when you create a new record. Once created, it becomes a non‑modifiable property.

• The symbol [‑] used with a parameter indicates that the parameter may be deleted from the database by typing it with a minus sign.

  For example, comment (with appropriate text) adds a comment to a database record; comment‑ removes the comment from the database. You cannot use parameters with a minus sign when creating a record.

• The two types of classes in the database are accessor classes and resource classes.

  You operate on records in the accessor classes (USER and GROUP) with different selang command sets than you use for the resource classes:

  • Use chusr, editusr, and newusr to operate on USER class records.
  • Use chgrp, editgrp, and newgrp to operate on GROUP class records.
  • Use chres, editres, and newres to operate on records in any of the resource classes. If the resource is a file, you may also use the chfile or editfile commands.
  • Use showgrp, showres, showfile, or showusr to list the properties of a record.
  • Use authorize and authorize- to add, change, or remove ACLs for resource records.

More information:

selang Commands Reference