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HP ALLBASE/4GL Run-Time Administration Manual

End User Validation Screen 

This screen allows you to define the name, password, group name, and
default application for each application end user.  You can access this
screen from the Users option on the main menu.

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Field Descriptions 

User Name.  Enter the name for the end user.  The user name must start
with an alphabetic character and can have up to eight characters.  End
user names can use alphabetic characters, 0 to 9, and _ (underscore).
End user names must be unique within the administrator, developer, and
user group set.


NOTE  The names developr and administ are reserved names.  You cannot use
      them for application end users.

      You can use the reserved user name hpqm.  If HP ALLBASE/QUERY is
      installed on the system, this user has direct access to it.  You
      may wish to restrict access by assigning this user a password.


Current Password.  This field is not active unless you have already
defined a password for the end user.

If you want to change an existing password for an end user, you must
enter the current password in this field.

New Password.  Optional.  Enter the password you wish to allocate to the
end user.  Passwords can have up to eight characters, and must start with
an alphabetic character.  Passwords can use alphabetic characters, 0 to
9, and _ (underscore).  HP ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive with respect to
passwords.

HP ALLBASE/4GL does not show the password to the screen as you type it
in.

Repeat New Password.  Reenter the new password in this field.  If you
don't reenter exactly the same password, HP ALLBASE/4GL displays an error
message and returns the cursor to the New Password field.

Group Name.  Optional.  If you want to assign the user to a user group,
enter the group name in this field.  User group names must start with an
alphabetic character and can have up to eight characters.  User group
names can use alphabetic characters, 0 to 9, and _ (underscore).  HP
ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive with respect to user group names.

User group names must be unique within the administrator, end user and
user group name set.

You don't need to define a user group.  HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically
builds each group from the names you enter.

Default Application/Version Name.  If you want a particular application
or version name to be displayed on the sign-on screen by default each
time the user signs on, enter the name of the application or version in
this field.  The user can type over the default name on the HP
ALLBASE/4GL sign-on screen to run a different application or version.

The application does not need to exist when you enter its name in this
field.

Training Mode.  Enter Y if you want to limit the user to training mode
access; otherwise enter N.

In training mode, the user can read records from the application's data
files, but cannot modify the data files.  The application's help
facilities are available to the user.

Description.  These are documentation fields.  Enter a description of the
user.  HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically records the time and date of the last
modification.

Function Keys 

f1       Administ Validatn  Cancels the current screen and displays the
        administrator validation screen.

f3       Menu Security  Cancels the current screen and displays the menu
        item security screen.

Additional Information 

HP ALLBASE/4GL stores the administrator name, end user names, and user
group names in a common internal table.  This table can accommodate up to
254 names.  All entries in the table must be unique.

User Groups.     

You don't need to assign end users to a user group.  However, assigning
users to groups can simplify the tasks of completing the user lists for
application and versions.  Assigning users to groups allows you to
specify group names rather than entering the complete list of eligible
users for the application or version.  Similarly, using groups of users
can reduce the amount of work involved in specifying the list of eligible
users for menu items in the menu item security process.

End users need not be aware of the fact that they are assigned to user
groups.  HP ALLBASE/4GL does not require the end user to enter a group
name at any stage.

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