SirPro CCASTAT password maintenance

Options 5, 6 and 7 from the SirPro main menu provide a full screen interface to the Model 204 password table (CCASTAT). Option 5 displays existing User passwords, option 6 displays File passwords, and option 7 displays passwords for Groups.

Note: These displays are only available to users with System Manager privileges, and access to CCASTAT is always in update mode. Other users do not see Options 5, 6, or 7 on the SirPro main menu.

User entries in CCASTAT (user password table)

The User password display shows the User ID, a password field which can be toggled between visible and invisible, the user privilege bits (UPRIV), priority and the list of terminals the user is permitted to use. For more information about these display fields, see the LOGCTL and LOGLST command descriptions.

A one-character prefix input field allows users to specify C or D, for Change or Delete. If any information is changed on a particular line, it is the same as if a C was entered.

New and changed information is committed immediately to CCASTAT when the Enter key or any PF key is pressed. New users are added to CCASTAT when they are added to the empty lines at the bottom of the list of existing users. Note that user ID cannot be overwritten.

The standard PF keys are supported on this screen: PF1 accesses help text, PF3 quits without saving the current updates, PF7 scrolls up through the displayed list, PF8 scrolls down, PF10 repeats the last command-line command, and PF12 refreshes the display with current CCASTAT information and exits the CCASTAT display session, saving any changed information.

The following PF keys access screen-specific actions:

PF2	Sort the displayed users by their user ID.
PF4	Sort the displayed users by their privilege bits.
PF5	Sort the displayed users by their priority and user ID.
PF6	Add new users. This PF key scrolls the list of existing CCASTAT user entries to the bottom, and positions the cursor on the first blank line of the screen. This action is the same as manually scrolling the list to the bottom and typing new entries into the blank lines that follow. Information added in these lines is always considered to be a request to add users.
PF11	Toggle the password display to VISIBLE. This PF key allows users to see the new and changed passwords they are typing in. It also displays the `LOGCTL` commands as they execute (a "diagnostic" display will scroll by on the screen). Note that passwords existing in CCASTAT are never displayed: `SirPro` is not aware of the current value of password entries in CCASTAT, and cannot backward encrypt the entries. This function cannot be used to view existing values of passwords.

The File password display (Option 6 on the SirPro main menu) is similar to the User password display. All File entries existing in CCASTAT are shown.

File entries in CCASTAT (file password table)

The displayed fields are a one-character input field (Sel), the file name, index (the index entry for multiple passwords on the same file), password, privilege bits, privilege levels, and terminals. For more information about these fields, see the LOGCTL and LOGFILE command descriptions.

The same common PF keys as for User Passwords is supported on this screen.

In addition, the following PF keys perform special functions.

PF2	Sort the displayed files by name.
PF4	Sort the displayed files by their privilege bits.
PF6	Add new files. This PF key scrolls the list of existing CCASTAT file entries to the bottom, and positions the cursor on the first blank line of the screen. This action is the same as manually scrolling the list to the bottom and typing new entries into the blank lines that follow. Information added in these lines is always considered to be a request to add new files.
PF11	Toggle the password display to VISIBLE and show a "diagnostic" list of `LOGCTL` commands as they execute. The same caveats apply as for PF11 on the User Password screen.

The Group password display is identical to the File password display. All CCASTAT entries for Groups are displayed.

Group entries in CCASTAT (group password table)

The displayed fields have slightly different meanings for groups than they do for files. These differences can be found in the LOGCTL and LOGGRP command descriptions.

SirPro CCASTAT password maintenance

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