The acssa and acsss User IDs

This section discusses the acssa and acsss user IDs, which administer ACSLS in support of client applications.

• The acssa login provides access to cmd_proc, the console user interface for library control operations, and a limited set of ACSLS utilities.

  A typical shell environment for acssa includes one or more windows running cmd_proc and a window that monitors the running tail of the ACSLS event log.

  The acssa login environment provides access to both of these resources:

  $ cmd_proc
  $ acs_tail $LOG_PATH/acsss_event.log

• The acsss login provides access to these and all other administrative utilities for general maintenance, configuration, database backup and restore, shell utilities, and general diagnostics.

Logging in Remotely

Remote access to the ACSLS server is available from any system with an SSH client. An SSH client is a standard feature with any shell on most POSIX compliant operating systems, including Solaris, Linux, and MacOS. For Windows environments, you must install SSH client software such as putty, WinSCP or a similar commercial application.

To access the ACSLS server remotely as user acssa, enter the following command:

$ ssh acssa@hostname

where hostname is the host ID of the ACSLS server.

A typical remote environment for acssa includes one or more SSH login shells running cmd_proc and another shell to monitor the running tail of the ACSLS event log.

$ acs_tail $LOG_PATH/acsss_event.log