Creating and Setting Up Users › Create a User ACID

Create a User ACID

A user ACID is a functional ACID that lets you perform tasks and communicate with organizational ACIDs. The user is a person. A user ACID designates a specific employee in a department but can refer to any ACID type (functional or organizational).

Every user ACID must be associated with a single department ACID. Any administrator with ACID(CREATE) authority can establish users.

To create a user ACID, enter the following command:

TSS CREATE(acid) NAME(acid_name)
                 TYPE(USER)
                 PASSWORD(password,nnn,EXP)
                 DEPARTMENT(department)

Note: If you do not specify TYPE, the product uses a default of TYPE(USER).

acid

Specifies the ID of the user ACID.

Valid values: Alphabetical characters (A-Z), numeric characters (0-9), and national characters ($ # @ % & = ?)

Invalid values: Scandinavian vowels (hex codes CO, DO, and 6A) and the following CA Top Secret table names:

• ALL
• APPCLU
• AUDIT
• CERTAUTH
• CERTSITE
• DELEGATE
• DLF
• FDT
• MLS
• MULTIID
• NDT
• RDT
• SDT
• STC

Length: Up to 8 characters

acid_name

Specifies the user name. If the name contains embedded blanks (for example, General User), surround the name with single quotation marks.

Length: Up to 32 characters

password

Specifies the password of the user.

nnn

Specifies the number of days before password expiration occurs.

Range: 0 to 255

EXP

Specifies that the password expires when the user first logs on, at which point the user is prompted to create a password.

Length: Up to 8 characters

department

Specifies the department to which the user belongs.

Example: Create a User ACID

This example defines a new TSO user who is attached to the PAYDEPT department. The password INITIAL expires as soon as the user logs on, and any new password lasts for seven days. The CA Top Secret administrator must possess ACID(CREATE) authority and a scope that encompasses PAYDEPT.

TSS CREATE(USER02) NAME(‘ANDY POE’)
                   TYPE(USER)
                   DEPARTMENT(PAYDEPT)
                   PASSWORD(INITIAL,7,EXP)
                   FACILITY(TSO)