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FOR Rule

Use the FOR rule to control whether the specified user ID is authorized to issue the CP FOR command. FOR allows a secondary user ID to pass commands to your user ID for execution. FOR is generally used to control a disconnected virtual machine.

{ACCEPT | REJECT} requester FOR [("Options"]

Options:
[DAY dayname[‑dayname]]
[EXPIRE mm/dd/yy [hh:mm:ss]] 
[GROUP]
[TIME hhmm hhmm]

Definitions

{ACCEPT | REJECT}

Accepts or rejects the FOR command request controlled by this rule.

requester

Defines the user ID allowed to issue the FOR command.

Description

Use this rule to allow or prohibit a user ID from issuing the FOR command.

Example: Allowing user to issue the FOR command

To allow user JOE to issue the FOR command to pass commands to the SERVER1 virtual machine, add the following rule to SERVER1 rules file:

ACCEPT JOE FOR