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The two part structure of the account number allows you another level of organization. Besides grouping
files into accounts, you can group related accounts in the same project. For example, all accounts
containing files dealing with payroll may be in project 50 ([50,0], [50,1], etc.).
Accounts are called "disk accounts" because each account is specific to a particular device—usually a
disk. For example, you may have the account [63,1] on both DSK0: and DSK1:. Though these accounts
have the same account number, since they are on different devices they are different accounts, and
contain different files.
You can also assign a password to each account on each disk if you wish, as a security measure.
Anyone who doesn't know the password cannot log into the account. See Chapter 5 for how to assign
passwords.
You can see a list of all the accounts on any device on your computer using the PPN command. Type
PPN and the name of the device you want the list for, and press
accounts on DSK0:, type:
RETURN
PPN DSK0:
You can also see a list of all the files in any account, using the DIR (short for directory) command. To
see a list of the files in the account you are currently in, type:
DIR/W RETURN
While you can use DIR to list the files from any account, to access the files in an account, you must
usually log into it, as described later in this chapter.
Now that you have a general idea of what disk accounts are and how to use them, you can decide how
you want to organize your own files into accounts. If you want to create more accounts on a diskette or
your hard disk, see Chapter 5.
You can find more information on the PPN and DIR commands in the System Commands Reference
Manual.

LOGGING ON

The LOG command serves two purposes: it identifies you to the computer and lets you choose what disk
account you want to access. When you first log on to the computer—either after logging off or after
booting the system—you must tell the computer who you are and what account you want to use. You
can do this by entering the disk account you want. For example:
LOG [25,1]
LOG now asks for your user name. Type it and press
You can also enter your user name instead of an account number in the LOG command. This logs you
into the root account defined when your user name was set up. For example:
LOG CARRIE SMITH
This logs you into Carrie Smith's root account.
RETURN
RETURN
. For example, to see all the
RETURN
RETURN .
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