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Changing Directory Entry Comments

You can record useful information in a user ID’s directory entry that is not used by CA VM:Director. For example, you can include in each directory entry the name, telephone number, and mail stop of the user ID that uses it.

You can include this information by putting it in directory entry comments. Directory entry comments begin with an asterisk in column 1, and usually appear near the top of the directory entry file, immediately after the USER record and the INCLUDE record, if there is one. They look similar to this:

USER XLCIN ******** 10M 32M G 04
*Userid = NICKT; Ext = 2048; Dept = 107; Mail Stop = 5E

You must include an asterisk at the beginning of all comments; CA VM:Director ensures that they are placed correctly in the directory entry.

To change comments in a directory entry

  1. From CMS, enter the MANAGE command with the name of the entry and the numeral 7. For example, to change comments on the directory entry ACT1220, enter the following command: 
    vmdirect manage act1220 7

    This selection opens the directory entry’s comments for that user ID and puts you in XEDIT.

  2. Add, change, or remove the comments in the directory entry.
  3. Save this XEDIT session and exit.

You can also change the comments in a user ID’s directory entry by using the MAINT MANAGE command with the COMMENTS parameter. For example, to change the comments on directory entry CUST578, enter the following command:

vmdirect maint manage cust578 comments

Change or remove comments and save the changes the same you do for the previously described way to change the directory entry comments.

You can also change a user ID’s comments from the screen that lists the user IDs you manage. Enter the following command:

vmdirect ulist

Move the cursor to the user ID whose directory entry comments you want to change and press PF4 (edit). Change the directory entry comments and exit the same way you do for the previously described way to change the directory entry comments. This will return you to the main ULIST screen.