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Creating a User ID Based on Another User ID

If an existing user ID has most or all of the features that you want to assign to a new user ID, you can create the user ID based on the existing user ID. This method uses an existing user ID as a prototype to create a user ID.

To create a user ID based on another user ID

1. Enter the following command, replacing userid with the name of the user ID you want to create and prototype with the name of the existing user ID you want to use as the prototype:

   VMDIRECT EDIT userid prototype
   

   CA VM:Director copies the directory entry for the prototype user ID to a directory entry for the new user ID, removing all the original MDISK statements and passwords in the process, and places you in an XEDIT session with the new user ID.

2. Make any changes, other than creating minidisks for this new user ID that you need to for the new user ID.

   Note: Do not create minidisks when you use the EDIT command to create user IDs, unless those minidisks are ignored in the DASD CONFIG file or are on a volume that CA VM:Director does not control. To create minidisks for the user IDs, use the CA VM:Director MANAGE command.

3. Save the new directory entry and close the file.

   CA VM:Director displays a message that it has updated the directory to include the new user ID.