Expand A Password File - Activant Dimensions Getting Started

Appendix D

Expand a Password File

1 Insert the SYSTEM FILES diskette into the diskette drive.
2 Sign on with a user level 7 password. At the SuperDOS prompt, enter:
3 At the SuperDOS prompt, enter
up the password file, config file, and flipscreen information prior to making
any changes.
4 At the prompt, enter
5 Select option V to view. At
following information:
MAX REC IN FILE
REC LENGTH
6 Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
7 Select option C to create a new file. Make the following entries to create the
file:
Filename:
File Type:
Rec Length:
Max # Recs:
Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
8 Select option F to fill the file. Make the following entries to accomplish this:
Filename:
ASCII Value:
OK:
9 Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
10 Then select E to end the FIL utility.
11 Copy the password file from 5:0 to 5:1. To do this, enter the following from
the SuperDOS prompt:
12 From the SuperDOS prompt, enter
unused user group. Make the following entries:
Filename:
Enter Desired Changes (Return to leave unchanged)...
5:00:PASSWORD
The cursor is positioned on the first character of the user group. Enter
another user group that has no current data in it (i.e., 10). Do not change the
filename (PASSWORD). Merely press Enter.
13 While still in the rename utility, rename 5:1:PASSWORD to 5:0:PASSWORD
using the same method as in Step 11.
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EXEC SAVE.ALL
and press Enter.
FIL
, enter 5:0:PASSWORD. Write down the
Filename
________________
________________
5:1:PASSWORD
D
(same as record length in Step 3 above)
(2 times the Max Rec in File in Step 3 above)
5:1:PASSWORD
0 (zero)
Y
COPY/U 5:1 5:0:PASSWORD
F.RENAME
5:0:PASSWORD
and press Enter. This backs
. Rename 5:0:PASSWORD to an
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