Miscellaneous Subcommands
domain
Synopsis
do[main] [p | g | o | a]
Description
Changes or displays the type of registry information being viewed or edited.
You can specify p for principals, g for groups, o for organizations, or a for accounts. If you supply no argument, rgy_edit displays the current domain.
site
Synopsis
si[te] [[name]] [-u[pdate]]
Description
Changes or displays the registry site being viewed or edited.
The name variable is the fully qualified name of the cell that contains the registry to which you want access. If you supply no argument, rgy_edit displays the current site.
The -update option indicates you want to talk to an update site in the specified cell.
properties
Synopsis
prop[erties]
Description
Changes or displays registry properties.
This command prompts you for changes. Press <Return> to leave information unchanged.
policy
Synopsis
po[licy] [organization_name] [-al lifespan | forever]
[-pl passwd_lifespan | forever]
[-px passwd_exp_date | none] [-pm passwd_min_length]
[-pa | -pna] [-ps | -pns]
Description
Changes or displays registry standard policy or the policy for an organization.
Enter organization_name to display or change policy for that specific organization. If you do not enter organization_name the subcommand affects standard policy for the entire registry.
The -al option determines the accounts lifespan, the period during which accounts are valid. After this period of time passes, the accounts become invalid and must be recreated. An accounts lifespan is also controlled by the add and change subcommands -x option. If the two lifespans conflict, the shorter one is used. Enter the lifespan in the following in the following format:
weekswdaysdhourshminutesm
For example, 4 weeks and 5 days is entered as 4w5d.
If you enter only a number and no weeks, days, or hours designation, the designation defaults to hours. If you end the lifepan with an number and no weeks, days, or hours designation, the number with no designation defaults to seconds. For example, 12w30 is assumed to be 12 weeks, thirty seconds.
The -pl option determines the password lifespan, the period of time before accounts password expires. Generally, users must change their passwords when the passwords expire. However, the policy to handle expired passwords and the mechanism by which users change their passwords are defined for each platform, usually through the login facility.
Enter passwd_lifespan as a number indicating the number of days. If you define a password lifespan as forever, the password has an unlimited lifespan.
The -px option specifies the password expiration date in yy/mm/dd/hh.mm:ss format. Generally, users must change their passwords when the passwords expire. However, the policy to handle expired passwords and the mechanism by which users change their passwords are defined for each platform, usually through the login facility.
If you define a password expiration date as none, the password has an unlimited lifespan.
The -pm, -ps, -pns, -pa, and -pna options all control the format of passwords as follows:
· -pm - Specifies the minimum length of passwords in characters. If you enter 0, no password minimum length is in effect.
· -ps and -pns - Specify whether passwords can contain all spaces (-ps) or can not be all spaces (-pns).
· -pa and -pna - Specify whether passwords can consist of all alphanumeric characters (-pn) or must include non-alphanumeric characters (-pna).
auth_policy
Synopsis
au[th_policy]
Description
Changes and/or displays registry authentication policies.
This command prompts you for changes. Press <Return> to leave information unchanged.
defaults
Synopsis
def[aults]
Description
Changes or displays the home directory, login shell, password valid option, account expiration date, and account valid option default values that rgy_edit
uses.
This command first displays the current defaults. It then prompts you for whether you want to make changes. If you make changes, defaults immediately changes the defaults for the current session, and it saves the new defaults in ~/.rgy_editrc. The newly saved defaults are used until you change them.
help
Synopsis
h[elp] [command]
Description
Displays usage information for rgy_edit.
If you do not specify a particular command, rgy_edit lists the available commands.
quit
Synopsis
q[uit]
Description
Exits rgy_edit.
exit
Synopsis
e[xit]
Description
Exits rgy_edit.
login
Synopsis
l[ogin]
Description
Lets you establish a new network identity for use during the rgy_edit session.
The rgy_edit login command prompts for a principal name and password.
scope
Synopsis
sc[ope] [name]
Description
Limits the scope of the information displayed by the view subcommand to the directory (specified by the name argument) in the registry database.