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Nickname Resolution

When you specify a nickname for userid, CA VM:Secure first uses information in your NAMES file to determine the local user. If there are user IDs that CA VM:Secure cannot resolve using the NAMES file, it then uses the DMSJNE routine to resolve the remaining unresolved user IDs. DMSJNE is an optional customer‑written routine that returns a local user ID for the supplied user ID and nodeid. If your site uses DMSJNE and it is not available, or if CA VM:Secure cannot resolve any of the user IDs, the GRANT AUTHORITY command terminates with a return code of 328.

Examples

• To allow anyone to read the FONE LIST file in the VMSYSU:EMPLOY.INFO directory, enter:

  vmsecure grant authority fone list vmsysu:employ.info to public ( read
  

• To allow anyone to read any file currently in the VMSYSU:ENGINEER.TOOLS directory and any files created in the future, enter:

  vmsecure grant authority vmsysu:engineer.tools to public (read  newread
  vmsecure grant authority * * vmsysu:engineer.tools to public (read
  

• To allow FRAISERC to add new files to the VMSYSU:ENGINEER.TOOLS directory, enter:

  vmsecure grant authority vmsysu:engineer.tools to fraiserc (write