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How to Use the Console Command

Multi-User mode is required to execute this command.

Use the following in your command to initiate this function from the system console. Consult your site operating system documentation for additional syntax information.

►►─ ACCESS ─┬─ MAINT ───┬─┬─ ,ALL ──┬─────────────────────────────────────────►◄
            ├─ NOMAINT ─┤ └─ ,dbid ─┘
            ├─ OFF ─────┤
            ├─ UTLTY ───┤
            ├─ READ ────┤
            └─ WRITE ───┘

Command

ACCESS

Invokes the function to allow or disallow an open of a User Requirements Table specified at the database level or invokes the function to allow or disallow maintenance commands while the Multi-User Facility is active.

Required Keywords

MAINT

This access level allows maintenance commands to process against the database(s).

NOMAINT

This access level blocks application maintenance commands from processing against the database(s).

OFF

This access level blocks all User Requirements Tables from opening this database(s).

UTLTY

This access level allows update access to this database by DBUTLTY and denies access to all applications that are not DBUTLTY.

Note: An exception is the DBTEST function of DBUTLTY which executes not with DBUTLTY authority.

READ

This access level allows read-only User Requirements Tables to open the database(s). (The User Requirements Tables can specify UPDATE=NO only.)

WRITE

This access level allows all User Requirements Tables to open the database(s). (The User Requirements Tables can specify UPDATE=YES or NO.)

Note: The preceding status conditions exist after processing this command. A previous status is ignored.

,ALL

Indicates that all databases are to participate in the ACCESS function.

,dbid

Specifies the database ID for a single database. You can specify only one per function.

Consult your site operating system manual for additional syntax information related to your operating system.