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2 <refentry id="UserList5">
4 <refentrytitle>UserList</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
8 <refname>UserList</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Defines privileged administrators</refpurpose>
12 <title>Description</title>
13 <para>The <replaceable>UserList</replaceable> file lists the AFS usernames of the system administrators
14 authorized to issue privileged <emphasis role="bold">bos</emphasis>, <emphasis role="bold">vos</emphasis>, and <emphasis role="bold">backup</emphasis> commands that
15 affect the local server machine or the volumes housed on it. It must
16 reside in the <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc</replaceable> directory on every server machine.</para>
18 <para>Although the <replaceable>UserList</replaceable> file is in ASCII format, do not use a text editor
19 to alter it. Instead always use the appropriate commands from the <emphasis role="bold">bos</emphasis>
24 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">bos adduser</emphasis> command to add a user to the file.</para>
28 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> command to display the contents of the file.</para>
32 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">bos removeuser</emphasis> command to remove a user from the file.</para>
36 <para>Although it is theoretically possible to list different administrators in
37 the <replaceable>UserList</replaceable> files on different server machines, doing so can cause
38 unanticipated authorization failures and is not recommended. In cells that
39 use the Update Server to distribute the contents of the <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc</replaceable>
40 directory, it is customary to edit only the copy of the file stored on the
41 system control machine. Otherwise, edit the file on each server machine
46 <title>See Also</title>
47 <para><link linkend="bos_adduser8">bos_adduser(8)</link>,
48 <link linkend="bos_listusers8">bos_listusers(8)</link>,
49 <link linkend="bos_removeuser8">bos_removeuser(8)</link>,
50 <link linkend="upclient8">upclient(8)</link>,
51 <link linkend="upserver8">upserver(8)</link></para>
55 <title>Copyright</title>
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60 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>