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Create a Directory Entry for CA VM:Secure

To create a directory entry

1. From CMS, enter the following:

   vmdirect manage entry 1
   

   entry

   Specifies the name of the directory entry to create using the default skeleton.

   The Define a New Userid screen appears:

   MAN00020                    Define a New Userid                    VM:Director   
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                               New Userid: USERID                              
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
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                      |        Skeleton Name:  GENERAL      |                      
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                      |       Account Number:               |                      
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                      |    Distribution Code:               |                      
                      |                                     |                      
                      |  Security Group Name:               |                      
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                      + ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ +                      
                                                                                   
            Note: Skeleton defaults apply if parameters are not specified.         
                                                                                   
        
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    PA1: Cancel      PF1: Help        PF3: Quit        PF10: Print       PF12: End 
                                                                                  
   

   CA VM:Director displays the name of your default skeleton file to use in creating this directory entry. Your system administrator has already chosen which skeleton file this is.

2. To use a different skeleton file, type its name in the Skeleton Name field.
3. Type a value in the appropriate space to set the account number, distribution code, and if the Rules Facility is installed, the name of the security group to assign to the new directory entry. If you do not type in a value, the skeleton file supplies a default value. The value you type in for any field overrides the default value from the skeleton file.

   Note: These values are not final. You can change these values for this directory entry after the directory entry is created and even after it is used.

4. Press Enter.

   CA VM:Director returns you to the Manager Selection Menu.

5. Press Enter again.

   CA VM:Director displays messages when it has updated the directory to include the new directory entry.

You can also create a directory entry by answering screen prompts.

To create a directory entry by answering screen prompts

1. Enter the MAINT MANAGE command, with the name of the directory entry you want to create and the NEWUSER operand. For example, to create the user ID BOSS, enter the following:

   vmdirect maint manage boss newuser
   

2. Answer the prompts with the requested information for skeleton file, account number, distribution code, and other characteristics to give the user ID.
3. When you have finished, enter end in response to the prompt for the next MANAGE subfunction.

You can also create a directory entry by using any of the versions of the ADDENTRY command. If you want to specify options, such as an account number or distribution code, include those options in the command line.

Examples:

• To create the user ID AGENT01 based on the skeleton file AGENT, enter the following command:

  vmdirect addentry agent01 agent
  

• If you have a file that defines a directory entry, use the ADDENTRY command with the NOSKEL option, to indicate that you are not using a skeleton file. The entry you create will have the same name as the file. If the file has a filetype other than DIRECT and a filemode other than A, specify the filetype and filemode. For example, to create the user ID ZLINUX from the file ZLINUX, filetype OSUSERID, filemode C, enter the following command:

  vmdirect addentry zlinux osuserid c (noskel