4.2 Administering Username Maps

User name maps translate multiple user names to a single UNIX user account for authentication. For example, a map from the user names Clark, CLARK, and clark to the UNIX account clark makes the authentication program see them all as clark.

Follow these steps to create, modify, or delete a user name map:

1. Follow these links:

   • System->Username Maps

     The UNIX Username Maps screen appears.

2. From the list, select the user whose mapping scheme you want to modify or delete, or enter the name of a user whose name you want to map, in the text field. If deleting, you may select more than one name. The list contains nothing if no maps exist.

3. Click Create, Modify, or Delete. The Modify and Delete options do not appear if no maps exist.

   If you clicked Create or Modify, the UNIX User Name Mapping username screen below appears. Go to Step 4.

   If you clicked Delete, the Confirmation screen appears. Click OK. Do not go to Step 4.

   

4. Enter a value for the following attribute:

   • List of client accounts (separated by commas) -- All the names you want to map to the UNIX user account. Separate them with commas.

5. Click Submit.

   The UNIX Username Maps screen reappears, this time containing the statement "Update Successful".

6. Click OK.

   To administer username maps from the UNIX command line, use the tnumap and tnumapuser commands.