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<chapter id="HDRWQ581">
  <title>Managing Administrative Privilege</title>

  <para>This chapter explains how to enable system administrators and operators to perform privileged AFS operations.</para>

  <sect1 id="HDRWQ582">
    <title>Summary of Instructions</title>

    <para>This chapter explains how to perform the following tasks by using the indicated commands:</para>

    <informaltable frame="none">
      <tgroup cols="2">
        <colspec colwidth="70*" />

        <colspec colwidth="30*" />

        <tbody>
          <row>
            <entry>Display members of <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">pts membership</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Add user to <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">pts adduser</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Remove user from <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">pts removeuser</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Display <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag in Authentication Database entry</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Set or remove <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on Authentication Database entry</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">kas setfields</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Display users in <emphasis role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Add user to <emphasis role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">bos adduser</emphasis></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>Remove user from <emphasis role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file</entry>

            <entry><emphasis role="bold">bos removeuser</emphasis></entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </informaltable>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="HDRWQ584">
    <title>An Overview of Administrative Privilege</title>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>administrative privilege</primary>

      <secondary>three types</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary></secondary>

      <see>administrative privilege</see>
    </indexterm>

    <para>A fully privileged AFS system administrator has the following characteristics: <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Membership in the cell's <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group. See <link
          linkend="HDRWQ586">Administering the system:administrators Group</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>The <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on his or her entry in the cell's Authentication Database. See <link
          linkend="HDRWQ589">Granting Privilege for kas Commands: the ADMIN Flag</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Inclusion in the file <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> on the local disk of each AFS server
          machine in the cell. See <link linkend="HDRWQ592">Administering the UserList File</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist></para>

    <para>This section describes the three privileges and explains why more than one privilege is necessary.</para>

    <note>
      <para>Never grant any administrative privilege to the user <emphasis role="bold">anonymous</emphasis>, even when a server
      outage makes it impossible to mutually authenticate. If you grant such privilege, then any user who can access a machine in
      your cell can issue privileged commands. The alternative solution is to put the affected server machine into no-authentication
      mode and use the <emphasis role="bold">-noauth</emphasis> flag available on many commands to prevent mutual authentication
      attempts. For further discussion, see <link linkend="HDRWQ123">Managing Authentication and Authorization
      Requirements</link>.</para>
    </note>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ585">
      <title>The Reason for Separate Privileges</title>

      <para>Often, a cell's administrators require full administrative privileges to perform their jobs effectively. However,
      separating the three types of privilege makes it possible to grant only the minimum set of privileges that a given
      administrator needs to complete his or her work.</para>

      <para>The <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group privilege is perhaps the most basic, and most
      frequently used during normal operation (when all the servers are running normally). When the Protection Database is
      unavailable due to machine or server outage, it is not possible to issue commands that require this type of privilege.</para>

      <para>The <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag privilege is separate because of the extreme sensitivity of the
      information in the Authentication Database, especially the server encryption key in the <emphasis role="bold">afs</emphasis>
      entry. When the Authentication Database is unavailable due to machine or server outage, it is not possible to issue commands
      that require this type of privilege.</para>

      <para>The ability to issue privileged <emphasis role="bold">bos</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">vos</emphasis> command is
      recorded in the <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> file on the local disk of each AFS server machine
      rather than in a database, so that in case of serious server or network problems administrators can still log onto server
      machines and use those commands while solving the problem.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="HDRWQ586">
    <title>Administering the system:administrators Group</title>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>pts commands</primary>

      <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>fs commands</primary>

      <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary>granting for pts commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary>granting for fs commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for fs commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for pts commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>system:administrators group</primary>

      <secondary>privileges resulting</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>The first type of AFS administrative privilege is membership . Members of the <emphasis
    role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group in the Protection Database have the following privileges: <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Permission to issue all <emphasis role="bold">pts</emphasis> commands, which are used to administer the Protection
          Database. See <link linkend="HDRWQ531">Administering the Protection Database</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Permission to issue the <emphasis role="bold">fs setvol</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">fs setquota</emphasis>
          commands, which set the space quota on volumes as described in <link linkend="HDRWQ234">Setting and Displaying Volume
          Quota and Current Size</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Implicit <emphasis role="bold">a</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">administer</emphasis>) and by default <emphasis
          role="bold">l</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">lookup</emphasis>) permissions on the access control list (ACL) on every
          directory in the cell's AFS filespace. Members of the group can use the <emphasis role="bold">fs setacl</emphasis> command
          to grant themselves any other permissions they require, as described in <link linkend="HDRWQ573">Setting ACL
          Entries</link>.</para>

          <para>You can change the ACL permissions that the File Server on a given file server machine implicitly grants to the
          members of the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group for the data in volumes that it houses. When
          you issue the <emphasis role="bold">bos create</emphasis> command to create and start the <emphasis
          role="bold">fs</emphasis> process on the machine, include the <emphasis role="bold">-implicit</emphasis> argument to the
          <emphasis role="bold">fileserver</emphasis> initialization command. For syntax details, see the <emphasis
          role="bold">fileserver</emphasis> reference page in the <emphasis>OpenAFS Administration Reference</emphasis>. You can
          grant additional permissions, or remove the <emphasis role="bold">l</emphasis> permission. However, the File Server always
          implicitly grants the <emphasis role="bold">a</emphasis> permission to members of the group, even if you set the value of
          the <emphasis role="bold">-implicit</emphasis> argument to <emphasis role="bold">none</emphasis>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist></para>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>system:administrators group</primary>

      <secondary>members</secondary>

      <tertiary>displaying</tertiary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>displaying</primary>

      <secondary>system:administrators group members</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>pts commands</primary>

      <secondary>membership</secondary>

      <tertiary>displaying system:administrators group</tertiary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>commands</primary>

      <secondary>pts membership</secondary>

      <tertiary>displaying system:administrators group</tertiary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ587">
      <title>To display the members of the system:administrators group</title>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">pts membership</emphasis> command to display the <emphasis
          role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group's list of members. Any user can issue this command as long as the first
          privacy flag on the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group's Protection Database entry is not
          changed from the default value of uppercase <computeroutput>S</computeroutput>. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">pts membership system:administrators</emphasis>
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <emphasis role="bold">m</emphasis> is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis
          role="bold">membership</emphasis>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="Header_657">
      <title>To add users to the system:administrators group</title>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>system:administrators group</primary>

        <secondary>members</secondary>

        <tertiary>adding</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>adding</primary>

        <secondary>system:administrators group members</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>pts commands</primary>

        <secondary>adduser</secondary>

        <tertiary>for system:administrators group</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>pts adduser</secondary>

        <tertiary>for system:administrators group</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Verify that you belong to the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group. If necessary, issue the
          <emphasis role="bold">pts membership</emphasis> command, which is fully described in <link linkend="HDRWQ587">To display
          the members of the system:administrators group</link>. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">pts membership system:administrators</emphasis>
</programlisting></para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">pts adduser</emphasis> group to add one or more users. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">pts adduser -user</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>user name</replaceable>&gt;+ <emphasis role="bold">-group system:administrators</emphasis>
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">ad</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">adduser</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">-user</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names each user to add to the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ588">
      <title>To remove users from the system:administrators group</title>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>system:administrators group</primary>

        <secondary>members</secondary>

        <tertiary>removing</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>removing</primary>

        <secondary>system:administrators group members</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>pts commands</primary>

        <secondary>removeuser</secondary>

        <tertiary>for system:administrators group</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>pts removeuser</secondary>

        <tertiary>for system:administrators group</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Verify that you belong to the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group. If necessary, issue the
          <emphasis role="bold">pts membership</emphasis> command, which is fully described in <link linkend="HDRWQ587">To display
          the members of the system:administrators group</link>. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">pts membership system:administrators</emphasis>
</programlisting></para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">pts removeuser</emphasis> command to remove one or more users. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">pts removeuser -user</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>user name</replaceable>&gt;+ <emphasis role="bold">-group system:administrators</emphasis>
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">rem</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">removeuser</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">-user</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names each user to remove from the <emphasis role="bold">system:administrators</emphasis> group.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="HDRWQ589">
    <title>Granting Privilege for kas Commands: the ADMIN Flag</title>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>ADMIN flag in Authentication Database entry</primary>

      <secondary>privileges resulting</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>Administrators who have the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on their Authentication Database entry can issue
    all <emphasis role="bold">kas</emphasis> commands, which enable them to administer the Authentication Database. <indexterm>
        <primary>kas commands</primary>

        <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
      </indexterm> <indexterm>
        <primary>privilege</primary>

        <secondary>granting for kas commands</secondary>
      </indexterm> <indexterm>
        <primary>granting</primary>

        <secondary>privilege for kas commands</secondary>
      </indexterm></para>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ590">
      <title>To check if the ADMIN flag is set</title>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>ADMIN flag in Authentication Database entry</primary>

        <secondary>displaying</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>displaying</primary>

        <secondary>ADMIN flag in Authentication Database entry</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>kas commands</primary>

        <secondary>examine</secondary>

        <tertiary>to display ADMIN flag</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>kas examine</secondary>

        <tertiary>to display ADMIN flag</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis> command to display an entry from the
          Authentication Database.</para>

          <para>The Authentication Server performs its own authentication rather than accepting your existing AFS token. By default,
          it authenticates your local (UFS) identity, which possibly does not correspond to an AFS-privileged administrator. Include
          the <emphasis role="bold">-admin_username</emphasis> argument (here abbreviated to <emphasis
          role="bold">-admin</emphasis>) to name a user identity that has the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on its
          Authentication Database entry.</para>

          <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>name of user</replaceable>&gt;   \
                 <emphasis role="bold">-admin</emphasis>  &lt;<replaceable>admin principal to use for authentication</replaceable>&gt;
   Administrator's (admin_user) password: &lt;<replaceable>admin_password</replaceable>&gt;
</programlisting>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">e</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">examine</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">name of user</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names the entry to display.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">-admin</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names an administrative account with the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on its Authentication
                  Database entry, such as the <emphasis role="bold">admin</emphasis> account. The password prompt echoes it as
                  admin_user. Enter the appropriate password as admin_password.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>

      <para>If the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag is turned on, it appears on the first line, as in this
      example:</para>

      <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">kas e terry -admin admin</emphasis>
   Administrator's (admin) password: &lt;<replaceable>admin_password</replaceable>&gt;
   User data for terry (ADMIN)
     key version is 0, etc...
</programlisting>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>kas setfields</secondary>

        <tertiary>setting ADMIN flag</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>kas commands</primary>

        <secondary>setfields</secondary>

        <tertiary>setting ADMIN flag</tertiary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>ADMIN flag in Authentication Database entry</primary>

        <secondary>setting or removing</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>adding</primary>

        <secondary>ADMIN flag to Authentication Database entry</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>setting</primary>

        <secondary>ADMIN flag in Authentication Database entry</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>removing</primary>

        <secondary>ADMIN flag from Authentication Database entry</secondary>
      </indexterm>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="Header_661">
      <title>To set or remove the ADMIN flag</title>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">kas setfields</emphasis> command to turn on the
          <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag in an Authentication Database entry.</para>

          <para>The Authentication Server performs its own authentication rather than accepting your existing AFS token. By default,
          it authenticates your local (UNIX) identity, which possibly does not correspond to an AFS-privileged administrator.
          Include the <emphasis role="bold">-admin</emphasis> argument to name an identity that has the
          <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on its Authentication Database entry. To verify that an entry has the flag,
          issue the <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis> command as described in <link linkend="HDRWQ590">To check if the
          ADMIN flag is set</link>.</para>

          <para>The following command appears on two lines only for legibility.</para>

          <programlisting>
    % <emphasis role="bold">kas setfields</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>name of user</replaceable>&gt;  {<emphasis role="bold">ADMIN</emphasis> |  <emphasis
              role="bold">NOADMIN</emphasis>} \  
                   <emphasis role="bold">-admin</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>admin principal to use for authentication</replaceable>&gt;  
    Administrator's (admin_user) password: &lt;<replaceable>admin_password</replaceable>&gt;
</programlisting>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">sf</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is an alias for <emphasis role="bold">setfields</emphasis> (and <emphasis role="bold">setf</emphasis> is the
                  shortest acceptable abbreviation).</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">name of user</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names the entry for which to set or remove the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">ADMIN | NOADMIN</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Sets or removes the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag, respectively.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">-admin</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names an administrative account with the <computeroutput>ADMIN</computeroutput> flag on its Authentication
                  Database entry, such as the <emphasis role="bold">admin</emphasis> account. The password prompt echoes it as
                  admin_user. Enter the appropriate password as admin_password.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="HDRWQ592">
    <title>Administering the UserList File</title>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>UserList file</primary>

      <secondary>privileges resulting</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>Inclusion in the file <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> on the local disk of each AFS server machine
    enables an administrator to issue commands from the indicated suites. <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>The <emphasis role="bold">bos</emphasis> commands enable the administrator to manage server processes and the server
          configuration files that define the cell's database server machines, server encryption keys, and privileged users. See
          <link linkend="HDRWQ80">Administering Server Machines</link> and <link linkend="HDRWQ142">Monitoring and Controlling
          Server Processes</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>The <emphasis role="bold">vos</emphasis> commands enable the administrator to manage volumes and the Volume Location
          Database (VLDB). See <link linkend="HDRWQ174">Managing Volumes</link>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>The <emphasis role="bold">backup</emphasis> commands enable the administrator to use the AFS Backup System to copy
          data to permanent storage. See <link linkend="HDRWQ248">Configuring the AFS Backup System</link> and <link
          linkend="HDRWQ283">Backing Up and Restoring AFS Data</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist></para>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for kas commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>bos commands</primary>

      <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>vos commands</primary>

      <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>backup commands</primary>

      <secondary>granting privilege for</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary>granting for bos commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary>granting for vos commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>privilege</primary>

      <secondary>granting for backup commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for bos commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for vos commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>granting</primary>

      <secondary>privilege for backup commands</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>Although each AFS server machine maintains a separate copy of the file on its local disk, it is conventional to keep all
    copies the same. It can be confusing for an administrator to have the privilege on some machines but not others. <indexterm>
        <primary>system control machine</primary>

        <secondary>as distributor of UserList file</secondary>
      </indexterm></para>

    <para>If your cell uses the Update Server to distribute the contents of the system
    control machine's <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc</emphasis> directory, then edit only the copy of the <emphasis
    role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file stored on the system control machine. If you have forgotten which machine is the system
    control machine, see <link linkend="HDRWQ90">The Four Roles for File Server Machines</link>.</para>

    <para>To avoid making formatting errors that can result in performance problems, never edit the <emphasis
    role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file directly. Instead, use the <emphasis role="bold">bos adduser</emphasis> or <emphasis
    role="bold">bos removeuser</emphasis> commands as described in this section. <indexterm>
        <primary>UserList file</primary>

        <secondary>displaying</secondary>
      </indexterm> <indexterm>
        <primary>displaying</primary>

        <secondary>UserList file</secondary>
      </indexterm> <indexterm>
        <primary>bos commands</primary>

        <secondary>listusers</secondary>
      </indexterm> <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>bos listusers</secondary>
      </indexterm></para>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ593">
      <title>To display the users in the UserList file</title>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> command to display the contents of the <emphasis
          role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> file. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>machine name</replaceable>&gt;
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">listu</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">listusers</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">machine name</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names an AFS server machine. In the normal case, any machine is acceptable because the file is the same on
                  all of them.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="HDRWQ594">
      <title>To add users to the UserList file</title>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>UserList file</primary>

        <secondary>adding users</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>adding</primary>

        <secondary>UserList file users</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>bos commands</primary>

        <secondary>adduser</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>bos adduser</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Verify you are listed in the <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> file. If not, you must have a
          qualified administrator add you before you can add entries to it yourself. If necessary, issue the <emphasis
          role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> command, which is fully described in <link linkend="HDRWQ593">To display the users in
          the UserList file</link>. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>machine name</replaceable>&gt;
</programlisting></para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">bos adduser</emphasis> command to add one or more users to the <emphasis
          role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">bos adduser</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>machine name</replaceable>&gt; &lt;<replaceable>user names</replaceable>&gt;+
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">addu</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">adduser</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">machine name</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names the system control machine if you use the Update Server to distribute the contents of the <emphasis
                  role="bold">/usr/afs/etc</emphasis> directory.
                  By default, it can take up to five minutes for the Update Server to distribute the changes, so newly added users
                  must wait that long before attempting to issue privileged commands.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">user names</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Specifies the username of each administrator to add to the <emphasis role="bold">UserList</emphasis>
                  file.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="Header_665">
      <title>To remove users from the UserList file</title>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>UserList file</primary>

        <secondary>removing users</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>removing</primary>

        <secondary>UserList file users</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>bos commands</primary>

        <secondary>removeuser</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm>
        <primary>commands</primary>

        <secondary>bos removeuser</secondary>
      </indexterm>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Verify you are listed in the <emphasis role="bold">/usr/afs/etc/UserList</emphasis> file. If not, you must have a
          qualified administrator add you before you can remove entries from it yourself. If necessary, issue the <emphasis
          role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> command, which is fully described in <link linkend="HDRWQ593">To display the users in
          the UserList file</link>. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">bos listusers</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>machine name</replaceable>&gt;
</programlisting></para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>Issue the <emphasis role="bold">bos removeuser</emphasis> command to remove one or more users from the <emphasis
          role="bold">UserList</emphasis> file. <programlisting>
   % <emphasis role="bold">bos removeuser</emphasis> &lt;<replaceable>machine name</replaceable>&gt; &lt;<replaceable>user names</replaceable>&gt;+
</programlisting></para>

          <para>where <variablelist>
              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">removeu</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of <emphasis role="bold">removeuser</emphasis>.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">machine name</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Names the system control machine if you use the Update Server to distribute the contents of the <emphasis
                  role="bold">/usr/afs/etc</emphasis> directory.
                  By default, it can take up to five minutes for the Update Server to distribute the change, so newly removed users
                  can continue to issue privileged commands during that time.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>

              <varlistentry>
                <term><emphasis role="bold">user names</emphasis></term>

                <listitem>
                  <para>Specifies the username of each administrator to add to the <emphasis role="bold">UserList</emphasis>
                  file.</para>
                </listitem>
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist></para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
