Generated from C.60.01 /SYS/PUB/CICAT last modified on Thu Jan 11 09:18:52 2001
Removes an account and its groups and users from the system
directory or from the specified volume set's directory. (CM)
PURGEACCT acctname [;ONVS=volumesetname]
acctname Name of the account to be deleted. This name must
contain from one to eight alphanumeric characters,
beginning with an alphabetic character.
volumesetname The volume set from which the account is to be
purged. For MPE/iX, volume set names are no longer
invariably composed of name.group.account. Instead,
volume set names consist simply of one (1) to
thirty-two (32) characters, beginning with an
alphabetic character. The remaining characters may
be alphabetic, numeric, the underscore, and periods.
If you specify a volsetname, you must specify the
full name of the volume set. MPE V/E permitted you
to use part of the volume set name and rely upon the
default characteristics of the system to search out
the remainder of the name. MPE/iX does not permit
this. If you wish, you may use the older MPE V/E
conventions when assigning a name to a volume set.
If you do, you are then obliged to refer to that
volume set by its full (fully qualified) name. The
MPE/iX naming convention gives you greater freedom
in creating names, and so its use is encouraged.
The volumesetname specified refers to a previously
defined volume set. When the volumesetname is
specified, the volume set or must be mounted, or the
PURGEACCT command will fail. When volumesetname
parameter is specified, the account will be removed
from the volume set directory, and not the system
directory.
The system manager uses the PURGEACCT command to eliminate
an entire account from the system. When PURGEACCT is
executed during a session, MPE/iX displays a verification
request to ensure that the wrong account is not deleted
accidentally. Respond YES or NO to the message
ACCT acctname TO BE PURGED?
No verification message is printed when the PURGEACCT is
entered in a job.
The PURGEACCT command removes every user not currently
logged on and every group/file not in use. The order in
which entries are purged is users, volume set definitions,
files, groups, and finally the account. If the command is
executed while the account is in use, the account remains on
the system active users, groups, and files are not purged
from the account. To completely purge an account, you must
execute PURGEACCT when the account is inactive.
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or
in BREAK. Pressing [Break] has no effect on this command. You
must have System Manager (SM) capability to execute this
command.
Do not attempt to purge the SYS account. The account SYS cannot be completely purged, but you can destroy critical files by attempting to do so. If you execute PURGEACCT SYS, all groups except PUB will be purged, all users except the system manager will be purged, and all inactive files and system files in the PUB group will be purged.
If you specify volume-related commands or parameters for a volume set that is not currently mounted, or for an account that does not exist, MPE/iX will return a corresponding error message
To remove an account named ACCT1, enter
PURGEACCT ACCT1
ACCT ACCT1 TO BE PURGED? YES
To purge the account FARFLE from the volume set TIME_LORD,
you will need to issue two commands
PURGEACCT FARFLE
ACCT FARFLE TO BE PURGED? YES
PURGEACCT FARFLE;ONVS=TIME_LORD
ACCT FARFLE TO BE PURGED? YES
The first command informs the system volume set of the
purge; the second informs the mountable volume set.
Commands: PURGEGROUP, PURGEUSER
Manuals : Performing System Management Tasks (32650-90004)
Performing System Operation Tasks (32650-90137)
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