=head1 NAME kas create - Creates an entry in the Authentication Database =head1 SYNOPSIS B > [-initial_password >] [B<-admin_username> >] [B<-password_for_admin> >] [-cell >] [-servers >+] [B<-noauth>] [-help] B > [-i >] [B<-a> >] [B<-p> >] [-c >] [B<-s> >+] [B<-no>] [-h] =head1 DESCRIPTION The kas create command creates an entry in the Authentication Database for the user named by the B<-name> argument. To avoid having the account's initial password echo visibly at the shell prompt, omit the B<-initial_password> argument; the command interpreter prompts for the password and does not echo it visibly. Whether or not B<-initial_password> is omitted, the Authentication Server converts the password into a form suitable for use as an encryption key, and records it in the entry's key field. To alter settings in an Authentication Database entry, use the kas setfields command. To examine an entry, use the B command. To list every entry in the database, use the B command. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item -name Names the new Authentication Database entry. Because it is the name under which the user logs in, it must obey the restrictions that many operating systems impose on user names (usually, to contain no more than eight lowercase letters). =item -initial_password Sets the user's password; provide a character string that can include uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals and punctuation. The Authentication Server scrambles the string into an octal string suitable for use as an encryption key before placing it in the entry's key field. If this argument is omitted, the command interpreter prompts for the string and does not echo it visibly. =item -admin_username Specifies the user identity under which to authenticate with the Authentication Server for execution of the command. For more details, see the introductory B reference page. =item -password_for_admin Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is omitted (as recommended), the B command interpreter prompts for it and does not echo it visibly. For more details, see the introductory B reference page. =item -cell Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see the introductory B reference page. =item -servers Names each machine running an Authentication Server with which to establish a connection. For more details, see the introductory B reference page. =item -noauth Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see the introductory B reference page. =item -help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. =back =head1 EXAMPLES The following example shows the prompts that appear when an administrator logged in as B creates an Authentication Database entry for the user B, and does not include either the B<-initial_password> or B<-password_for_admin> arguments. % kas create smith Password for admin: initial_password: Verifying, please re-enter initial_password: =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED The issuer must have the C flag set on his or her Authentication Database entry. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT IBM Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.