HP 3000 Manuals

Information Access Server: Learning the Administrator Utility

D : Deleting a User Definition 

Now, assume that the user TUTORIAL is no longer a valid user.  (You
might, for example, want to rename this user.)  Here's how to delete a
user definition from the data dictionary.


            

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|                 What You Do                 |                What Happens                 |
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| D-1.  Choose:                               | The Delete User screen appears.             |
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|        Delete  f3                           | (You could have reached this screen         |
|         User                                | directly from any other menu by typing DU   |
|                                             | in a Go to screen field.)                   |
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| D-2.  Type TUTORIAL in the User field.      | The user name uniquely identifies the user  |
|                                             | you want to delete.                         |
| Make sure this is the one you want to       |                                             |
| delete because you will not be asked to     |                                             |
| confirm the deletion.                       |                                             |
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| D-3.  Press Enter.                          | Pressing Enter deletes the user definition. |
|                                             | The screen clears.                          |
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| (Since you have deleted the user TUTORIAL,  |                                             |
| the password change you just made for this  |                                             |
| user in Step C-3 will not take effect.)     |                                             |
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NOTE  Deleting a user is straightforward because user names are not part
      of any other definition.

      However, before you delete a definition that is used to derive
      another definition, you must be aware of the effect on those
      dependencies.  (When you delete such an entity, a screen message
      will alert you to the dependencies and ask you to confirm the
      delete.)

      For example, deleting a database also deletes all tables associated
      with it, including IMAGE tables and view tables that draw any of
      their data from the deleted database.  Deleting an access group may
      create a public table if the deleted access group is the only one
      assigned to that table.

      The "Deleting" sections in the Information Access Server:  Database 
      Administration manual discuss the possible dependencies and
      recommend actions that will preserve dependent entities or
      security.


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|                 What You Do                 |                What Happens                 |
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| D-4.  Choose:                               | The User Menu reappears.                    |
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|        Done  f8                             |                                             |
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| If you wanted to re-add this user with a    |                                             |
| new name, you could do so now by choosing   |                                             |
| Add User  f1.  However, you're finished     |                                             |
| with this lesson's tasks.                   |                                             |
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