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2 <refentry id="kas_create8">
4 <refentrytitle>kas create</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refname>kas create</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Creates an entry in the Authentication Database</refpurpose>
12 <title>Synopsis</title>
13 <para><emphasis role="bold">kas create</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-name</emphasis> <<emphasis>name of user</emphasis>>
14 [<emphasis role="bold">-initial_password</emphasis> <<emphasis>initial password</emphasis>>]
15 [<emphasis role="bold">-admin_username</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin principal to use for authentication</emphasis>>]
16 [<emphasis role="bold">-password_for_admin</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin password</emphasis>>] [<emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>]
17 [<emphasis role="bold">-servers</emphasis> <<emphasis>explicit list of authentication servers</emphasis>>+]
18 [<emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>
20 <para><emphasis role="bold">kas c</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-na</emphasis> <<emphasis>name of user</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-i</emphasis> <<emphasis>initial password</emphasis>>]
21 [<emphasis role="bold">-a</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin principal to use for authentication</emphasis>>]
22 [<emphasis role="bold">-p</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin password</emphasis>>] [<emphasis role="bold">-c</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>]
23 [<emphasis role="bold">-s</emphasis> <<emphasis>explicit list of authentication servers</emphasis>>+] [<emphasis role="bold">-no</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>
27 <title>Description</title>
28 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">kas create</emphasis> command creates an entry in the Authentication Database
29 for the user named by the <emphasis role="bold">-name</emphasis> argument.</para>
31 <para>To avoid having the account's initial password echo visibly at the shell
32 prompt, omit the <emphasis role="bold">-initial_password</emphasis> argument; the command interpreter
33 prompts for the password and does not echo it visibly. Whether or not
34 <emphasis role="bold">-initial_password</emphasis> is omitted, the Authentication Server converts the
35 password into a form suitable for use as an encryption key, and records it
36 in the entry's key field.</para>
38 <para>To alter settings in an Authentication Database entry, use the <emphasis role="bold">kas
39 setfields</emphasis> command. To examine an entry, use the <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis>
40 command. To list every entry in the database, use the <emphasis role="bold">kas list</emphasis> command.</para>
44 <title>Options</title>
47 <term><emphasis role="bold">-name</emphasis> <<emphasis>name of user</emphasis>></term>
49 <para>Names the new Authentication Database entry. Because it is the name under
50 which the user logs in, it must obey the restrictions that many operating
51 systems impose on user names (usually, to contain no more than eight
52 lowercase letters).</para>
57 <term><emphasis role="bold">-initial_password</emphasis> <<emphasis>initial password</emphasis>></term>
59 <para>Sets the user's password; provide a character string that can include
60 uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals and punctuation. The
61 Authentication Server scrambles the string into an octal string suitable
62 for use as an encryption key before placing it in the entry's key
63 field. If this argument is omitted, the command interpreter prompts for
64 the string and does not echo it visibly.</para>
69 <term><emphasis role="bold">-admin_username</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin principal</emphasis>></term>
71 <para>Specifies the user identity under which to authenticate with the
72 Authentication Server for execution of the command. For more details,
73 see <link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>.</para>
78 <term><emphasis role="bold">-password_for_admin</emphasis> <<emphasis>admin password</emphasis>></term>
80 <para>Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is omitted (as
81 recommended), the <emphasis role="bold">kas</emphasis> command interpreter prompts for it and does not
82 echo it visibly. For more details, see <link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>.</para>
87 <term><emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>></term>
89 <para>Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see
90 <link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>.</para>
95 <term><emphasis role="bold">-servers</emphasis> <<emphasis>authentication servers</emphasis>></term>
97 <para>Names each machine running an Authentication Server with which to
98 establish a connection. For more details, see <link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>.</para>
103 <term><emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis></term>
105 <para>Assigns the unprivileged identity <computeroutput>anonymous</computeroutput> to the issuer. For more
106 details, see <link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>.</para>
111 <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
113 <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
121 <title>Examples</title>
122 <para>The following example shows the prompts that appear when an administrator
123 logged in as <computeroutput>admin</computeroutput> creates an Authentication Database entry for the
124 user <computeroutput>smith</computeroutput>, and does not include either the <emphasis role="bold">-initial_password</emphasis> or
125 <emphasis role="bold">-password_for_admin</emphasis> arguments.</para>
131 Verifying, please re-enter initial_password:
136 <title>Privilege Required</title>
137 <para>The issuer must have the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag set on his or her Authentication
138 Database entry.</para>
142 <title>See Also</title>
143 <para><link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>,
144 <link linkend="kas_examine8">kas_examine(8)</link>,
145 <link linkend="kas_list8">kas_list(8)</link>,
146 <link linkend="kas_setfields8">kas_setfields(8)</link></para>
150 <title>Copyright</title>
151 <para>IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.</para>
153 <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
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155 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>