MDS - UNIX

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR MANUAL

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

SUPER USER MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1 SET USER PRIVILEGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 MAKE USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 REMOVE USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 WHO'S LOGGED ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5 ENABLE A TTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6 DISABLE A TTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

7 SYSTEM STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

9 CHANGE USER PASSWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

A SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

D KILL A PROCESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

E DISPLAY DISK SPACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

F DISPLAY TERMINAL TYPES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

H SET TERMINAL TYPES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

I SHOW LOGON NAMES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

J USER ACCOUNTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

K MAIL TO ALL USERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

L COPY COMPANY DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

M SET PRINTER TYPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

O PRINTER UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

O.1 PRINTER STATUS INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

O.2 ENABLE A PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

O.3 DISABLE A PRINTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

O.4 CANCEL SPOOLED PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

O.5 CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT DESTINATION PRINTER. . . 17

O.6 RESTART REPORTS CURRENTLY PRINTING . . . . . . . . . 18

O.7 SET DEFAULT DESTINATION FOR INDIVIDUAL

O.8 NEW PRINTER SETUP

SYSTEM BACKUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SYSTEM STARTUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

UNIX SUPER USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

INTRODUCTION

THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR HAS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS NOT NEEDED FOR THE DAILY

OPERATION OF THE BUSINESS BUT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE

SYSTEM. THE PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSED THROUGH SPECIAL LOGINS AND PASSWORDS

KNOWN ONLY TO THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE SUPER

USER MENU. IT CONTAINS ALL PROGRAMS NEEDED TO SET UP OR DELETE A USER

FROM THE SYSTEM AND CONTROL THAT USERS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS WITHIN THE

SYSTEM.

THE BACKUP MENU IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT MENU USED BY THE SYSTEM

ADMINISTRATOR. REGULAR BACKUPS INSURE THAT IF A CATASTROPHE OCCURS VERY

LITTLE IF ANY INFORMATION IS LOST OR NEEDS TO BE RE-INPUT.

THE SUPER USER AND SYSTEM SHUTDOWN FUNCTIONS ARE RARELY USED.

THEY EXIST TO COPE WITH SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM.

SUPER USER MENU

TO ACCESS THIS MENU TYPE IN root IN LOWERCASE LETTERS AT THE LOGIN AND

PRESS ENTER. TYPE IN THE PASSWORD.(AT INITIAL SETUP THE PASSWORD IS

PASSWORD IN LOWERCASE)AND PRESS ENTER.

Then type super10 at the # prompt and the SUPER-USER MENU will display.

TO ACCESS ANY OF THE PROGRAMS, PRESS THE NUMBER OR LETTER ON THE MENU.

1 MAKE USER

THIS PROGRAM IS USED TO ADD USERS TO THE SYSTEM. ONCE A USER HAS BEEN

ADDED YOU SHOULD SET PRIVILEGES(OPTION 1) FOR THE USER. NEW USERS HAVE

WRITE PRIVILEGE ON A MAJORITY OF PROGRAMS UNTIL EXCLUDED.

THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ARE ASKED IS:

WHAT IS THE USER LOGIN NAME (3 TO 8 DIGITS)?

TO SET UP A NEW USER, TYPE IN THE NAME YOU WISH THE USER TO BE

IDENTIFIED BY AND PRESS ENTER. USE OF ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS FOR THE

USER LOGIN NAME WILL SIMPLIFY THE LOGIN PROCESS.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS:

SET USERS PASSWORD

ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM ALLOWS USERS TO BE SET UP WITHOUT PASSWORDS, ALWAYS

ANSWER THIS QUESTION Y THEN ENTER. SETTING UP LOGINS WITHOUT PASSWORDS

DAMAGES THE SECURITY INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM. PASSWORDS DECREASE THE

CHANCES OF UNAUTHORIZED USERS ACCESSING SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION. IF ANY LOGINS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR CONVENIENCE DURING THE

SETUP PROCESS, THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED.(OPTION 3)

ENTER NEW PASSWORD (MINIMUM OF 5 CHARACTERS)

PLEASE USE A COMBINATION OF UPPER AND LOWERCASE LETTERS AND

NUMBERS.

NEW PASSWORD:

THE PASSWORD MAY BE A COMBINATION OF UPPER AND LOWERCASE LETTERS AND

NUMBERS. FOR INITIAL SETUP OF A USER, THE LOGIN NAME MAY BE USED AS A

PASSWORD. ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES EACH USER HAS IS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE

THEIR OWN PASSWORD. WHEN YOU GIVE THE NEW USER THEIR LOGIN AND INITIAL

PASSWORD, EXPLAIN THE CHANGE PASSWORD PROCEDURE AND HAVE THEM CHANGE

THEIR PASSWORD TO ONE OF THEIR CHOICE. IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR A SYSTEM

ADMINISTRATOR TO KNOW THE PASSWORD OF AN INDIVIDUAL. IF A USER FORGETS

THEIR PASSWORD, USE OPTION 9 "CHANGE USER PASSWORD". THIS IS THE ONLY

WAY TO HANDLE FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR

SECURITY, NO ONE CAN VIEW A PASSWORD, NOT EVEN A PROGRAMMER. TO

MAINTAIN SYSTEM SECURITY, PASSWORDS SHOULD BE CHANGED ON A REGULAR

BASIS.

TYPE IN THE PASSWORD(THE PASSWORD DOES NOT DISPLAY AS YOU TYPE) AND

PRESS ENTER.

THE SCREEN DISPLAYS A NEW LINE.

RE-ENTER NEW PASSWORD:

TYPE IN THE PASSWORD AGAIN AND PRESS ENTER. THIS STEP IS TO CATCH ANY

TYPING ERRORS. THE SYSTEM COMPARES THE TWO ENTRIES FOR A MATCH. IF THE

TWO ENTRIES DO NOT MATCH THE SYSTEM RETURNS YOU TO THE FIRST STEP. IF

THE TWO ENTRIES MATCH THE NEXT SCREEN DISPLAYS.

TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF THE COMPANY YOU WISH THE USER TO HAVE ACCESS TO

AND PRESS ENTER. IF A USER IS TO HAVE ACCESS TO MORE THAN ONE COMPANY,

YOU SHOULD SET UP ADDITIONAL USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS FOR EACH COMPANY.

2 SET USER PRIVILEGE

THIS PROGRAM IS USED TO DEFINE THE AREAS A PARTICULAR USER IS ALLOWED

ACCESS TO AND WHAT LEVEL OF ACCESS THEY HAVE. THE USER MUST FIRST BE

SET UP WITH A USER LOGIN NAME(OPTION 2) BEFORE PRIVILEGES CAN BE SET.

PRIVILEGES ARE SET ON TWO LEVELS; MENU OR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE MENU.

READ, WRITE, OR NONE ARE THE TYPES OF USER ACCESS.

THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED IS:

WHAT IS THE USER LOGIN NAME (3 TO 8 DIGITS)?

TYPE IN THE USER LOGIN NAME THAT YOU WISH TO DEFINE OR CHANGE

PRIVILEGES(MUST BE TYPED EXACTLY AS SET UP) FOR AND PRESS ENTER.

IF THE USER LOGIN NAME IS VALID THE SYSTEM ASKS:

SET PRIVILEGE FOR (USER NAME) BY MENU OR PROGRAM?

PRIVILEGES ARE USED TO TAILOR ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND MENUS TO THE NEEDS

OF AN INDIVIDUAL USER. MENUS AND PROGRAMS THAT A DATA ENTRY PERSON MUST

HAVE WRITE ACCESS TO IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE TASKS ASSIGNED WOULD NOT

BE AREAS THAT YOU WOULD WANT MOST OTHER USERS TO HAVE WRITE ACCESS TO.

SOME OF THE OTHER USERS OF THE SYSTEM MIGHT NEED TO HAVE READ ACCESS TO

SOME PROGRAMS FOR RESEARCH BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE WRITE ACCESS IN ORDER TO

CONTROL AND STANDARDIZE INFORMATION ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.

SET PRIVILEGE BY MENU IF A USER SHOULD HAVE READ, WRITE OR NO ACCESS TO

THAT MENU. A MENU THAT ALL USERS SHOULD HAVE WRITE ACCESS TO IS THE

"MAIN MENU" OTHERWISE THEY ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING ON THE SYSTEM. A

MENU THAT NO USER SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO BECAUSE IT IS NOT CURRENTLY

BEING USED IS THE PAYROLL MENU.

SET PRIVILEGES BY PROGRAM IF A USER HAS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCESS TO

PROGRAMS WITHIN A MENU.

TYPE IN M OR P AND PRESS ENTER. IF YOU CHOOSE M, THE SYSTEM ASKS:

SET PRIVILEGE TO READ WRITE OR NONE?

TYPE IN R FOR READ, W FOR WRITE, OR N FOR NONE TO SET THE TYPE OF ACCESS

YOU WANT THE USER TO HAVE FOR THE MENUS YOU SELECT.

IF YOU ARE SETTING PRIVILEGES BY MENU, PRESS THE NUMBER OR LETTER OF THE

MENUS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SELECTION IS MADE.

THE ONLY THING THE SCREEN DOES IS BLINK. CONTINUE PRESSING MENU

SELECTIONS UNTIL ALL MENUS HAVE BEEN SELECTED THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE THE

TYPE OF ACCESS CHOSEN ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED

SELECTING MENUS, PRESS PF2 TO EXIT THE MENU SELECTION SCREEN.

IF YOU ARE SETTING PRIVILEGES BY PROGRAM, PRESS THE NUMBER OR LETTER OF

THE MENU THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE IN. A NEW SCREEN DISPLAY SHOWING

PROGRAMS CONTAINED IN THAT MENU THAT THE TYPE OF ACCESS CAN BE CHANGED

FOR. THE SCREENS DISPLAYED VARIES FOR EACH MENU SELECTION.

USE THE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS OR ENTER KEY TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE

PROGRAMS YOU WISH TO CHANGE ACCESS PRIVILEGES FOR. TYPE IN R FOR READ

ACCESS, W FOR WRITE ACCESS, OR N FOR NONE AND PRESS ENTER. CONTINUE

UNTIL ALL PROGRAMS ARE SET AS DESIRED. PRESS PF2 TO EXIT THE PROGRAMS

SCREEN. CONTINUE SELECTING MENUS AND SETTING PRIVILEGES FOR PROGRAMS

UNTIL ALL CHANGES ARE COMPLETE. PRESS PF2 TO EXIT.

TO CHANGE THE COMPANY THE USER HAS ACCESS TO, TYPE IN THE NUMBER

DISPLAYED TO THE LEFT OF THE COMPANY AND PRESS ENTER. IF YOU DO NOT

WISH TO CHANGE THE COMPANY, PRESS ENTER. YOU ARE RETURNED TO THE "SUPER

USER MENU". THIS SELECTION MAY BE CHOSEN AS MANY TIMES AS NEEDED TO SET

UP THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ACCESS AT THE LEVEL DESIRED. A CHANGE TO A

PRIVILEGE BY MENU OR BY PROGRAM OVERRIDES PREVIOUS SELECTIONS.

4 WHO'S LOGGED ON

THIS PROGRAM DISPLAYS A LISTING OF ALL USERS LOGGED ONTO THE SYSTEM, THE

TERMINAL OR TTY THEY ARE USING, DATE AND TIME THEY LOGGED ON, THE

PROCESS LAST USED, AND HOW LONG SINCE THEY TOUCHED A KEY. A PERIOD

INDICATES LESS THAN A MINUTE HAS PASSED SINCE A KEY WAS TOUCHED.

THIS DISPLAY CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF A TERMINAL A USER IS

LOGGED IN ON IF THE TERMINAL NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THIS INFORMATION IS

SOMETIMES NEEDED IF A TERMINAL IS LOCKED UP AND THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ONLY WAY LEFT TO UNLOCK IT IS TO KILL A

PROCESS.(OPTION D)

USE THE ENTER KEY TO MOVE THE DISPLAY DOWN ONE LINE AND THE SHIFT BAR TO

MOVE THE DISPLAY DOWN ONE PAGE. PRESS Q TO QUIT THEN ANY KEY TO EXIT.

5 ENABLE A TTY

THE ENABLE FUNCTION IS NORMALLY ONLY USED AT SETUP OR WHEN ADDING

ANOTHER TERMINAL TO THE SYSTEM. IT IS ALSO SOMETIMES USED UNDER THE

SUPERVISION OF A PROGRAMMER TO CORRECT IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS. A TTY

IS NOT A TERMINAL IS THE OUTLET THAT THE TERMINAL IS CONNECTED TO. YOU

MAY SWAP TERMINALS WITHOUT ENABLING OR DISABLING TTY'S.

THE ONLY QUESTION ASKED IS:

ENABLE WHICH TTY (EX. 2A,2B,2C,2D,11,12)

TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF THE TTY(TERMINAL POSITION) AND PRESS ENTER. IF

THE NUMBER IS TYPED INCORRECTLY, AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYS. IF CORRECT,

THE TTY IS ENABLED AND YOU MAY ENABLE ANOTHER TTY OR PRESS PF2 TO EXIT.

6 DISABLE A TTY

THE DISABLE FUNCTION IS USED WHEN REMOVING A TTY(TERMINAL POSITION) FROM

THE SYSTEM. THIS IS SOMETIMES USED ALONG WITH THE ENABLE

FUNCTION(OPTION 5)WHEN THE SYSTEM NO LONGER RECOGNIZES A TERMINAL AND

DOES NOT ACCEPT INPUT FROM THAT TERMINAL. THE TTY IS FIRST DISABLED AND

THEN ENABLED TO RECONNECT THE TERMINAL WITH THE SYSTEM.

THE ONLY QUESTION ASKED IS:

DISABLE WHICH TTY (EX. 2A,2B,2C,2D,11,12)

TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF THE TTY(TERMINAL POSITION) AND PRESS ENTER. IF

THE NUMBER IS TYPED INCORRECTLY, AN ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYS. IF CORRECT,

THE TTY IS ENABLED AND YOU MAY DISABLE ANOTHER TTY OR PRESS PF2 TO EXIT.

7 SYSTEM STATUS

THE SYSTEM STATUS DISPLAYS A REPORT OF WHAT FUNCTIONS ARE BEING USED BY

THE SYSTEM.

THIS IS USUALLY ONLY ACCESSED AT THE REQUEST OF A SUPPORT PERSON.

DEFINITION OF THE FIELDS FOLLOWS:

UID - WHAT SUBSYSTEM THE COMPUTER IS USING

PID - PROCESS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

PPID - PREVIOUS PROCESS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

C - NUMBER OF SYSTEM CALLS THAT THE PROGRAM MAKES

STIME - DATE OR TIME PROCESS STARTED

TTY - TERMINAL POSITION PROCESS REQUESTED AT

TIME - TIME COMPUTER TOOK TO COMPLETE LAST PROCESS

COMMAND - SHORT DESCRIPTION OR NAME OF PROCESS

USE THE ENTER KEY TO MOVE THE DISPLAY DOWN ONE LINE AND THE SHIFT BAR TO

MOVE THE DISPLAY DOWN ONE PAGE. PRESS Q TO QUIT THEN ANY KEY TO EXIT.

9 CHANGE USER PASSWORD

THE CHANGE PASSWORD PROGRAM IS USED TO CHANGE AN OPERATOR'S PASSWORD.

REMEMBER, AS WITH ALL PASSWORDS THIS PASSWORD IS NOT BE DISPLAYED ON THE

SCREEN AS YOU TYPE. IF YOU MAKE AN ERROR IN ENTERING THE PASSWORD,

BACKSPACE AND THEN RETYPE THE PASSWORD.

YOU ARE ASKED FOR THE NEW PASSWORD. TYPE IT IN AND PRESS ENTER. NEXT

THE COMPUTER ASKS YOU TO RETYPE THE NEW PASSWORD.

NOTICE THAT THE COMPUTER MADE YOU TYPE THE PASSWORD TWICE. THE REASON

FOR THIS IS THAT THE PASSWORD IS NOT DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND THE

COMPUTER WANTS TO GUARD AGAINST TYPING ERRORS. IF THE TWO COPIES OF THE

PASSWORD DO NOT MATCH, YOU ARE INFORMED THAT THERE IS A MISMATCH AND

RETURNED TO THE SYSTEM MENU.

THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL USERS IN THE MDS SYSTEM MENU.(9.3), BUT

WILL ONLY ALLOW THE CURRENT LOGIN USER TO CHANGE THEIR PASSWORD. ACCESS

TO OTHER USERS PASSWORDS IS NOT ALLOWED.

A SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD AND

THE SUPERVISORY PASSWORD. THIS SHOULD BE DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO

MAINTAIN SECURITY IN THE SYSTEM.

THE SCREEN DISPLAYS:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS PASSWORD

TYPE IN THE NEW SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS PASSWORD AND PRESS ENTER. TYPE IN

THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD AGAIN AND PRESS ENTER. IF THE TWO

ENTRIES MATCH THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD IS CHANGED. IF THE TWO

ENTRIES DO NOT MATCH YOU HAVE TO START AGAIN.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD, PRESS

ENTER.

SUPERVISORY PASSWORD

TYPE IN THE NEW SUPERVISORY PASSWORD AND PRESS ENTER. TYPE IN THE

SUPERVISORY PASSWORD AGAIN AND PRESS ENTER. IF THE TWO ENTRIES MATCH

THE SUPERVISORY PASSWORD IS CHANGED. IF THE TWO ENTRIES DO NOT MATCH

YOU WILL HAVE TO START AGAIN.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CHANGE THE SUPERVISORY PASSWORD, PRESS ENTER.

D KILL A PROCESS

THE KILL A PROCESS PROGRAM DISPLAYS THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE SYSTEM

STATUS PROGRAM(OPTION 7 )BUT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO KILL A PROCESS

DISPLAYED. THIS IS THE LAST RESORT WHEN A TERMINAL IS LOCKED UP AND ALL

OTHER OPTIONS HAVE FAILED. YOU MUST KNOW THE TTY NUMBER OF THE TERMINAL

THAT IS LOCKED UP AND THE FIRST PROCESS EXECUTED AFTER LOGON IN ORDER TO

SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE THE KILL A PROCESS FUNCTION. IF YOU KILL THE WRONG

PROCESS, DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEM CAN OCCUR. MAKE SURE YOU THOROUGHLY

UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS FUNCTION.

SCAN THE LIST TO FIND THE LAST LINE OF INFORMATION FOR THE TTY AND WORK

BACKWARDS UP THE LIST UNTIL YOU FIND THE PPID(PREVIOUS PROCESS ID) FOR

THAT TTY THAT IS 1(ONE) WITH A PID(PROCESS ID) GREATER THAN 1(ONE) NOT

IN THE ROOT SYSTEM.

TYPE IN THE PID NUMBER AND PRESS ENTER. IF YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY

EXECUTED THE KILL A PROCESS FUNCTION, THE LOCKED UP TERMINAL SHOULD

UNLOCK AND GO TO LOGIN.

E DISPLAY DISK SPACE

THIS PROGRAM SHOWS HOW MANY BLOCKS OF MEMORY ARE AVAILABLE, HOW MANY

HAVE BEEN USED, HOW MANY ARE FREE, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL USED.

THIS IS USED TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE GETTING CLOSE TO MEMORY CAPACITY.

THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM IS DRASTICALLY REDUCED WHEN THE PERCENTAGE

USED GOES BEYOND 75%. CONTACT YOUR SUPPORT PERSON WHEN THIS OCCURS AND

REQUEST A REVIEW OF FILE SYSTEM.

F DISPLAY TERMINAL TYPES

THIS PROGRAM SHOWS ALL TERMINAL TYPES CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY

MDS. IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY GO INTO THIS PROGRAM YOU WILL HAVE TO

ENTER THROUGH ALL THE PAGES TO GET OUT.

H SET TERMINAL TYPES

SET TERMINAL TYPES ALLOWS YOU TO SET OR CHANGE THE TYPE OF TERMINALS

RECOGNIZED BY THE SYSTEM. SET AT INSTALLATION. PRESS PF2 TO EXIT. IF

YOU NEED TO CONNECT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TERMINAL TO THE SYSTEM, CONTACT

YOUR SUPPORT PERSON FOR HELP.

I SHOW LOGON NAMES

DISPLAYS ALL USER NAMES THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. PRESS ANY KEY

TO EXIT.

J USER ACCOUNTING

GENERATES A LISTING OF USERS THAT LOGGED INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AS

WELL AS DATE, TIME OF LOGIN AND LOGOFF.

PRESS 1 THEN ENTER TO DISPLAY THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM SINCE THE LAST

TIME THE DATA WAS REMOVED. THE DISPLAY

SHOWS THE USER NAME, DATE AND TIME LOGGED ON, AND DATE AND TIME LOGGED

OFF.

PRESS 2 THEN ENTER TO PRINT THE LISTING. THE REPORT WILL PRINT AS SOON

AS IT IS FINISHED PROCESSING.

PRES 3 TO PURGE THE ACCOUNTING DATA IN THE SYSTEM.

THE ACCOUNTING DATA INFORMATION SHOULD BE PRINTED OUT AND REMOVED A

MINIMUM OF EVERY THREE MONTHS.

PRESS PF2 TO EXIT.

K MAIL TO ALL USERS

THIS PROGRAM IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE MAIL PROGRAM IN THE SYSTEM

MENU(9.5)EXCEPT THAT IT PLACES MAIL IN THE MAILBOXES OF ALL USERS OF THE

SYSTEM INSTEAD OF A SINGLE USER.

PRESS 1 TO SHOW THE USER LOGIN NAMES IN THE SYSTEM.

PRESS 2 TO SEND MAIL TO A USER.

THE COMPUTER DISPLAYS THE VALID USER LOGIN'S ACROSS THE TOP OF THE

SCREEN AND:

ENTER THE MESSAGE

TYPE IN THE MESSAGE YOU WISH TO SEND AND PRESS ENTER THE COMPUTER

RETURNS TO THE "SUPER USER MENU".

L COPY COMPANY DATA

THIS PROGRAM SHOULD ONLY BE ENTERED WITH THE SUPERVISION OF YOUR SUPPORT

PERSON.

THIS UTILITY SHELL COPIES MDS COMPANY DATA FILES FROM ONE COMPANY TO

ANOTHER COMPANY. THIS PROCESS RENAMES THE DATA FILES AS NECESSARY, AS

WELL AS CHANGING DIRECTORIES IF NEEDED. THE FILES BEING COPIED DISPLAY

ON THE SCREEN.

M SET PRINTER TYPE

AT INSTALLATION THE PRINTER DEFINITION "EPS100N" IS SET UP. THIS

HANDLES ANY EPSON PRINTER, THE TOSHIBA 2600, AND OTHER PRINTERS

INSTALLED AT SETUP. IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL PRINTER DEFINED FOR USE

WITH THE SYSTEM, CONTACT YOUR SUPPORT PERSON. THE OPTION CONTROLS

COMPRESSED PRINTING TO ALLOW WIDE REPORTS TO PRINT ON NARROW(80 COLUMN)

PAPER. THE TRAILING "N" IN EPS1000N INDICATES COMPRESSED PRINTING

ENABLED. THIS OPTION WILL ALSO ALLOW COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRINTERS TO

BE USED BY ANY COMBINATION OF TERMINALS.

O PRINTER UTILITIES

THE SUPER USER PRINTER UTILITIES MENU CONTAINS ALL PROGRAMS NECESSARY

FOR MASTER CONTROL OF PRINTER FUNCTIONS.

PRESS PF2 TO EXIT THE MENU.

O.1 PRINTER STATUS INFORMATION

THIS PROGRAM SHOWS A LISTING OF THE STATUS OF ALL PRINTERS IN THE

SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM IS USED BY THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR WHEN PROBLEMS

OCCUR WITH PRINTERS TO FIND OUT IF PRINTERS ARE ENABLED AND ACCEPTING

PRINT REQUESTS.

PRESS ANY KEY TO EXIT.

O.2 ENABLE A PRINTER

THIS PROGRAM DISPLAYS A LIST OF PRINTER NAMES AND ALLOWS YOU TO ENABLE

A PRINTER BY ENTERING THE NAME OF THE PRINTER OR YOU CAN ENTER Q TO

EXIT.

O.3 DISABLE A PRINTER

THIS PROGRAM IS USED BY THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TO DISABLE A PRINTER.

THIS MAY BE NECESSARY IF A PRINTER BREAKS DOWN AND YOU DO NOT WANT

REPORTS TO BE SENT TO THE PRINTER. IT ALSO IS USED WITH THE ENABLE

SOMETIMES IF THERE IS PRINTER PROBLEMS. DISABLING AND THEN ENABLING A

PRINTER SOMETIMES CLEARS UP PRINTER PROBLEMS.

O.4 CANCEL SPOOLED PRINT

THIS PROGRAM IS USED BY THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TO CANCEL A PRINT JOB

THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO A PRINTER. THIS PROGRAM COMES IN HANDY WHEN

SOMEONE HAS ACCIDENTALLY(OR INTENTIONALLY) REQUESTED A LARGE REPORT THAT

WILL TIE THE PRINTER UP FOR AN UNACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. LARGE

REPORTS SHOULD BE PRINTED AT NIGHT. A LISTING OF ALL REQUESTED JOBS

APPEARS.

IF THE PRINT JOB YOU WISH TO CANCEL IS THE ONE LISTED AS CURRENTLY

PRINTING, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO CANCEL IT IS PRESS ENTER. IF THE JOB

YOU WISH TO CANCEL IS NOT THE ONE CURRENTLY PRINTING, TYPE IN THE JOB

NUMBER AND PRESS ENTER. IF THE JOB YOU WISH TO CANCEL IS FOR A PRINTER

THAT IS NOT YOUR DEFAULT PRINTER, YOU MUST CHANGE THE DEFAULT

DESTINATION PRINTER TO THAT PRINTER.(O.5) BEFORE CANCELLING THE PRINT

JOB.

THE CANCEL OPTION IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE MDS SYSTEM MENU.(9.B.4)

O.5 CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT DESTINATION SPOOL PRINTER

THIS OPTION IS SIMILAR TO THE OPTION IN THE MDS PRINTER UTILITIES

MENU(9.B.5) THAT LETS YOU CHANGE THE DEFAULT DESTINATION PRINTER FOR A

SINGLE TERMINAL. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO

CHANGE THE DEFAULT PRINTER FOR ALL TERMINALS NOT PREVIOUSLY DEFINED WITH

A DEFAULT PRINTER. A LIST OF THE AVAILABLE PRINTERS IS SHOWN AT THE TOP

LEFT. TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT PRINTER, TYPE IN A PRINTER NAME FROM THE

LIST EXACTLY AS IT IS SHOWN ON THE LIST AND PRESS ENTER. YOU ARE

RETURNED TO THE "SUPER USER PRINTER UTILITIES MENU". CHECK THE INVERSE

VIDEO DISPLAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE CHANGE SYSTEM DEFAULT DESTINATION

SPOOL PRINTER OPTION TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM ACCEPTED THE NEW PRINTER.

THE NAME OF THE PRINTER SELECTED SHOULD BE DISPLAYED AS THE DEFAULT

DESTINATION PRINTER. IF THE PRINTER DISPLAYED IS NOT THE ONE YOU

SELECTED, TRY THE PROCEDURE AGAIN.

O.6 RESTART REPORTS CURRENTLY PRINTING

THIS OPTION STOPS THE SCHEDULER AND SENDS A TOP OF FORM TO THE PRINTER.

IT THEN RESTARTS THE REPORT PRINTING IF THE REPORT PRINTING WAS FOR THE

DEFAULT PRINTER. IF THE REPORT PRINTING WAS NOT ON THE DEFAULT PRINTER,

YOU MUST CHANGE THE DEFAULT DESTINATION PRINTER(O.5) TO THAT PRINTER IN

ORDER TO RESTART THAT REPORT.

O.7 SET DEFAULT DESTINATION FOR INDIVIDUAL TERMINALS

THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE THE PRINTER THAT AN INDIVIDUAL

TERMINAL SENDS ITS PRINT JOBS TO.

O.8 NEW PRINTER SETUP

New printers should be first setup in SCO UNIX ADMINISTRATION. After the

Printer is working (type: lp –d(printername) /etc/hosts) it should be

Setup in MDS. First put an entry into the Printer type definition file,

Which will tell MDS what control codes to send the printer. Then optionally,

You can set this printer as a default destination by login name or tty.

SYSTEM BACKUP

SYSTEM BACKUPS ARE DOWN DAILY AND KEPT FOR A WEEK. A FULL SYSTEM BACKUP

SHOULD BE DONE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. SIERRA USES TAPES (CARTRIDGES)

FOR IT'S BACKUP MEDIA. YOU SHOULD HAVE BACKUP TAPES LABELED FOR A

MINIMUM OF EACH DAY PLUS A BACKUP TAPE LABELED FOR THE LAST MONTH

CLOSED. EXTRA BACKUP TAPES ARE LABELLED AS REQUIRED.

BACKUPS CAN BE RUN WHILE USERS ARE ON THE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM RUNS THE

BACKUP UNTIL IT ENCOUNTERS A FILE THAT A USER IS ACCESSING THAT IT NEEDS

TO BACKUP. IT WAITS UNTIL THE USER RELEASES THE FILE THEN CONTINUES THE

BACKUP. IF A USER TRIES TO ACCESS A FILE THAT THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY

BACKING UP, THEY ARE DENIED ACCESS UNTIL THE SYSTEM FINISHES WITH AND

RELEASES THAT FILE.

TO ENTER THE BACKUP PROGRAM, TYPE IN BACKUP IN LOWERCASE LETTERS AND

PRESS ENTER.

THE COMPUTER DISPLAYS A MENU THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE MEDIA YOU

WANT TO USE FOR BACKUP.

SELECT IF YOU WANT TO USE DISK OR CARTRIDGE(TAPE) BACKUP MEDIA. PRESS

THE DESIRED SELECTION THEN ENTER TO SELECT CARTRIDGE MEDIA.

IF YOU HAVE ENTERED THE BACKUP PROGRAM IN ERROR OR DO NOT WANT TO A

BACKUP, PRESS 3 THEN ENTER TO ABORT THE BACKUP.

THE NEXT SCREEN DISPLAYED IS THE FILE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE MENU.

IF YOU PRESS 1 OR 2 THEN ENTER, THE SYSTEM ASKS YOU TO INSERT THE MEDIA

INTO THE DRIVE AND PRESS ENTER . THE BACKUP BEGINS IMMEDIATELY. THE

DAILY BACKUP COPIES ALL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE DAY INPUT ON THE SYSTEM TO

THE BACKUP MEDIA. THE FULL SYSTEM BACKUP COPIES ALL THE TRANSACTIONS

PLUS ALL THE SYSTEM PROGRAMS.

IF YOU PRESS 3 THEN ENTER, THE SYSTEM ASKS FOR THE FILE PATHNAME. THE

PATHNAME MUST BE TYPED IN COMPLETELY. WHEN YOU PRESS ENTER, THE SYSTEM

ASKS FOR ANOTHER PATHNAME. CONTINUE ENTERING PATHNAME UNTIL FINISHED.

PRESS ENTER AT A BLANK PATHNAME TO START THE BACKUP. THE SYSTEM TAKES

THE PATHNAMES ENTERED, FINDS THEM ON THE MEDIA, FINDS THEM ON THE SYSTEM

AND REPLACES THE SYSTEM FILES WITH THE MEDIA FILES. THIS SHOULD ONLY BE

DONE WITH THE SUPERVISION OF YOUR SUPPORT PERSON.

IF YOU PRESS 4 THEN ENTER, THE SYSTEM ASKS YOU TO INSERT THE MEDIA AND

PRESS ENTER. THE SYSTEM COPIES FILES FROM THE MEDIA AND WRITES THEM

OVER THE FILES IN THE SYSTEM. THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE WITH THE

SUPERVISION OF YOUR SUPPORT PERSON.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE THE BACKUP PRESS Q TO ABORT THE BACKUP.

YOU ARE RETURNED TO THE LOGIN.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A BACKUP OR RESTORE AND YOU NEED TO

ABORT, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ABORT IS THE PRESS THE DELETE KEY. THIS IS

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BREAK OUT OF A BACKUP ONCE IT IS IN PROGRESS. THIS

IS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE DOING A RESTORE. IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU DO

NOT BREAK OUT OF A RESTORE UNLESS ADVISED TO DO SO BY YOUR SUPPORT

PERSON.

SYSTEM SHUTDOWN

IT IS NOT REQUIRED OR ADVISED THAT YOU SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN EACH NIGHT.

SYSTEM SHUTDOWNS ARE USUALLY DONE IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THE POWER

GOING OFF OR BEING SHUT OFF FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. BATTERY BACKUPS ARE

PROVIDED AT EACH LOCATION TO HANDLE TEMPORARY POWER LOSES. IF POWER IS

LOST AND THE SYSTEM SWITCHES TO THE BACKUP BATTERIES A DETERMINATION

MUST BE MADE BY THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR AS TO THE PROBABLE LENGTH OF

THE POWER LOSS. IF THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FEELS THE POWER LOSS WILL

EXTEND PAST THE BATTERY BACKUP RESERVES THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN.

TO SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM, TYPE DOWN IN LOWERCASE LETTERS AT THE SYSTEM

LOGIN.

THE COMPUTER ASKS HOW MANY MINUTES TO SHUTDOWN. THIS MAY BE FROM

0(ZERO) TO 15(FIFTEEN). TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF MINUTES TO SHUTDOWN AND

PRESS ENTER. A MESSAGE IS BROADCAST EACH MINUTE TO ANY USERS STILL ON

THE SYSTEM. THE MESSAGE ADVISES THEM THAT THE SYSTEM IS SHUTTING DOWN

IN X MINUTES AND TO LOG OFF TO PREVENT FILE DAMAGE.

WHEN THE COUNTDOWN IS COMPLETE THE COMPUTER EXECUTES INTERNAL KILL

COMMANDS TO CLOSE FILES. WHEN THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE A SAFE TO POWER

OFF OR PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT MESSAGE DISPLAYS. AT THIS POINT AND ONLY

AT THIS POINT IS IT SAFE TO TURN OFF THE SYSTEM.

SYSTEM STARTUP

IT IS SOMETIMES NECESSARY TO TURN OFF THE SYSTEM DUE TO POWER LOSS OR

SYSTEM PROBLEMS. TO RESTART THE SYSTEM, TURN THE POWER ON. THE SYSTEM

AUTOMATICALLY DOES A SERIES OF INTERNAL CHECKS. ONCE THE SERIES IS

COMPLETE A REBOOT MESSAGE DISPLAYS. PRESS ENTER. THE SYSTEM DISPLAYS

A DATE AND TIME AND ASKS YOU TO ENTER A CORRECT DATE AND TIME. IF THE

DATE AND TIME DISPLAYED IS CORRECT, PRESS ENTER. OTHERWISE ENTER THE

DATE AND TIME IN THE FORMAT DISPLAYED AND PRESS ENTER. AFTER THE SYSTEM

CHECKS AND ENABLES ALL PERIPHERY EQUIPMENT A MESSAGE DISPLAYS GIVING THE

OPTION OF PRESSING ALT D TO CONTINUE WITH NORMAL REBOOT OR ENTERING A

COMMAND TO ACCESS OTHER SYSTEM CHECKS. THE NORMAL PROCEDURE IS ALT-D

UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE BY YOUR SUPPORT PERSON.