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POSIX Support in CA VM:Director

CA VM:Director supports the following POSIX objects in the CP object directory:

POSIX Object

Definition

POSIX UID

POSIX user ID. An integer that represents the VM user ID to the POSIX system.

POSIX GID

POSIX group ID. An integer that represents the POSIX group in which the VM userid is a member.

POSIX GNAME gname

gname is a character string that represents a GID. Many names can represent the same GID.

POSIX supplementary group name list

A list of GIDs and GNAMEs to which the POSIX userid is eligible to be a member.

POSIX file system root, initial program (shell), and initial working directory

Various POSIX configuration items.

This section contains the following topics:

Maintaining POSIX Group Names and Group IDs Using CA VM:Director

POSIX Information in a Directory Entry or Profile

VMDIRECT POSIX File