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JOURNAL Command

Use the JOURNAL command to display or clear information about invalid password conditions for a specific user ID.

To list current journal information:

JOURNAL {LIST | LISTPSWD} [userid1 [command [userid2 [vaddr]]]]

To reset journal entries:

JOURNAL RESET userid1 command [userid2 [vaddr]]

Definitions

LIST

Displays current journal information. If you do not specify any variables, the command lists all journal information. If you specify any variables, the command lists only journal entries that contain the specified values, formatted to match the order of the specified variables. The display includes the number of times a particular activity occurred.

LISTPSWD

Displays the same journal information that the LIST parameter displays and invalid passwords if CA VM:Director was initialized with the AUDINV startup parameter. Password phrases are not displayed with this command.

RESET

Removes any journal entries that exactly match the specified variables.

userid1

Specifies a user ID for which to review or reset invalid passwords.

command

Specifies a command for which to check for the invalid password attempts, as follows:

userid2

Specifies the target user ID for command.

vaddr

Specifies the target virtual address for command.

Description

CA VM:Director creates journal entries when it detects a user ID issuing an invalid password. If the number of consecutive invalid attempts exceeds the limit specified on the JOURNAL record in the SECURITY CONFIG file, CA VM:Director prevents further attempts until the JOURNAL RESET command is issued. CA VM:Director automatically resets journal counters when the password is correctly entered.

The JOURNAL command only monitors invalid logon passwords entered while issuing CA VM:Director commands (VMXLOGON) and invalid link passwords entered from the User Selection screen option, Define a Link to Another User’s Minidisk (VMXLINK).