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Introduction

In addition to preauthorizing users and CCIDs, security measures can be taken one step further using a level of control called lock. The lock function is used to prevent use of an CA Endevor/DB userid or CCID, and/or to prevent a dictionary from being updated. Lock is a temporary condition; when you want to allow access again, you simply unlock the entity.

You can lock:

• An CA Endevor/DB User (userid) - which prevents signon and updates by that userid.
• A CCID - which prevents signon under that CCID and updates logged to that CCID.
• A Dictionary - which prevents any modifications from being done in the dictionary.

This chapter provides a step-by-step approach to locking and unlocking users, CCIDs, and the dictionary.

Lock processing begins when you select option 3 from the Main Function Menu:

CA-E/DB nn.n volser            MAIN FUNCTION MENU             mm/dd/yy  NDVRU000
USER ===> EDBADMIN            DICTNAME ===> SRCNDVR           MODE ===> UPDATE
OPTION ===> 3
             1  - SIGNIN/SIGNOUT FUNCTIONS
             2  - AUTHORIZATION FUNCTIONS
             3  - LOCK FUNCTIONS
             4  - ENTITY AND ENTITY CHANGE HISTORY
             5  - CCID AND CCID CHANGE HISTORY
             6  - STATUS AND STATUS ASSOCIATIONS
             7  - USER AND USER CHANGE HISTORY
             8  - DICTIONARY AND DICTIONARY HISTORY
             9  - MANAGEMENT GROUPS AND CCIDS
            10  - ENDEVOR/DB CONTROL FUNCTIONS
            11  - ENDEVOR/DB SIGNON FUNCTION
            12  - RETURN TO IDMS/DC

The system returns the Lock/Unlock Functions menu below:

CA-E/DB nn.n volser           LOCK/UNLOCK FUNCTIONS           mm/dd/yy  NDVRU300
USER ===> EDBADMIN            DICTNAME ===> SRCNDVR           MODE ===> UPDATE
OPTION ===>
  1  - BROWSE LOCKED USERS                2  - LOCK USERS
  3  - UNLOCK USERS                       4  - BROWSE LOCKED CCIDS
  5  - LOCK CCIDS                         6  - UNLOCK CCIDS
  7  - BROWSE LOCKED DICTIONARIES         8  - LOCK DICTIONARIES
  9  - UNLOCK DICTIONARIES
USER       ===>                                    (IF OPTIONS 1, 2, 3 )
CCID       ===>                                    (IF OPTIONS 4, 5, 6 )
DICTIONARY ===> SRCNDVR                            (IF OPTIONS 7, 8, 9 )

The remainder of this chapter discusses the three options and related procedures used in LOCK processing. Read the section(s) appropriate to your needs.