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Analyzing Differences

The purpose of a differences file is to identify only the changes that were made to a given configuration. Each line in a differences file identifies one difference. The following table shows some examples of changes recorded in a differences file with an explanation of each change:

Change

Descriptions

1

Removing a role definition

 

 DIFF,REMOVEDROLE,"Branch Clerks"

2

Removing a user definition

 

 DIFF,REMOVEDUSER,"52656727"

3

Removing a resource definition

 

 DIFF,REMOVEDRES,"users","UNXMARKT","Solaris"

4

Removing a resource connection from an existing user

 

DIFF,COMMONUSERREMOVEDRES,"88311130","users","UNXMARKT","Solaris"

5

Removing a user connection from an existing role

 

DIFF,COMMONROLEREMOVEDUSER,"Branch Clerks","52656727"

6

Removing a role connection from an existing role

 

DIFF,COMMONROLEREMOVEDROLE," Branch Clerks ","Clerks"

7

Removing a resource connection from an existing role

 

DIFF,COMMONROLEREMOVEDRES," Branch Clerks ","users","UNXMARKT","Solaris"

8

Removing the sub-roles of a removed role

 

DIFF,REMOVEDROLEROLE,"Branch Clerks","Clerks"

9

Removing the resources of a removed role

 

DIFF,REMOVEDROLERES,"Clerks","administrators","RACFPROD","RACF"

10

Removing the users of a removed role

 

DIFF,REMOVEDROLEUSER,"Clerks","45489940"

11

Removing a removed role from all user members

 

DIFF,COMMONUSERREMOVEDROLE,"45489940","Clerks"

12

Adding a new user

 

DIFF,NEWUSER,"45489940"

13

Adding a new resource connection to a new user

 

DIFF,NEWUSERNEWRES,"45489940","administrators","RACFPROD","RACF"

14

Adding a new role connection to a new user

 

DIFF,NEWUSERNEWROLE,"45489940","Clerks"

15

Adding a new resource

 

DIFF,NEWRES,"administrators","NT176","WinNT"

16

Adding a new role

 

DIFF,NEWROLE,"San Francisco Clerks","General Needs of SF Clerks"

17

Adding a new role connection to an existing user

 

DIFF,COMMONUSERNEWROLE,"45489940","San Francisco Clerks"

18

Adding a new resource connection to an existing user

 

DIFF,COMMONUSERNEWRES,"45489940","administrators","NT176","WinNT"

19

Adding a user to a new role

 

DIFF,NEWROLEUSER,"San Francisco Clerks","45489940"

20

Adding a role to an existing role

 

DIFF,COMMONROLENEWROLE,"San Francisco Clerks","San Francisco Junior Clerks"

21

Adding a role to a new role

 

DIFF,NEWROLEROLE,"San Francisco Clerks","San Francisco Junior Clerks"

22

Adding a new resource to a new user

 

DIFF,NEWROLERES,"San Francisco Clerks","administrators","NT176","WinNT"