3 pts_examine - Displays a Protection Database entry
10 B<pts examine> S<<< B<-nameorid> <I<user or group name or id>>+ >>>
11 S<<< [B<-cell> <I<cell name>>] >>> [B<-noauth>] [B<-localauth>]
12 [B<-force>] [B<-auth>] [B<-help>]
13 [B<-encrypt>] S<<< [B<-config> <I<config directory>>] >>>
15 B<pts e> S<<< B<-na> <I<user or group name or id>>+ >>> S<<< [B<-c> <I<cell name>>] >>>
16 [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-a>] [B<-h>]
17 [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> <I<config directory>>] >>>
19 B<pts check> S<<< B<-na> <I<user or group name or id>>+ >>> S<<< [B<-c> <I<cell name>>] >>>
20 [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-a>] [B<-h>]
21 [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> <I<config directory>>] >>>
23 B<pts che> S<<< B<-na> <I<user or group name or id>>+ >>> S<<< [B<-c> <I<cell name>>] >>>
24 [B<-no>] [B<-l>] [B<-f>] [B<-a>] [B<-h>]
25 [B<-e>] S<<< [B<-co> <I<config directory>>] >>>
32 The B<pts examine> command displays information from the Protection
33 Database entry of each user, machine or group specified by the
34 B<-nameorid> argument.
40 =item -nameorid <I<user or group name or id>>+
42 Specifies the name or AFS UID of each user, the name or AFS GID of each
43 group, or the IP address (complete or wildcard-style) or AFS UID of each
44 machine for which to display the Protection Database entry. It is
45 acceptable to mix users, machines, and groups on the same command line, as
46 well as names (IP addresses for machines) and IDs. Precede the GID of each
47 group with a hyphen to indicate that it is negative.
49 =include fragments/pts-common.pod
55 The output for each entry consists of two lines that include the following
62 The contents of this field depend on the type of entry:
68 For a user entry, it is the username that the user types when
69 authenticating with AFS.
73 For a machine entry, it is either the IP address of a single machine in
74 dotted decimal format, or a wildcard notation that represents a group of
75 machines on the same network. See the B<pts createuser> reference page for
76 an explanation of the wildcard notation.
80 For a group entry, it is one of two types of group name. If the name has a
81 colon between the two parts, it represents a regular group and the part
82 before the prefix reflects the group's owner. A prefix-less group does not
83 have the owner field or the colon. For more details on group names, see
84 the B<pts creategroup> reference page.
90 A unique number that the AFS server processes use to identify AFS users,
91 machines and groups. AFS UIDs for user and machine entries are positive
92 integers, and AFS GIDs for group entries are negative integers. AFS UIDs
93 and GIDs are similar in function to the UIDs and GIDs used in local file
94 systems such as UFS, but apply only to AFS operations.
98 The user or group that owns the entry and thus can administer it (change
99 the values in most of the fields displayed in the output of this command),
100 or delete it entirely. The Protection Server automatically records the
101 system:administrators group in this field for user and machine entries at
106 The user who issued the B<pts createuser> or B<pts creategroup> command to
107 create the entry. This field serves as an audit trail, and cannot be
112 An integer that for users and machines represents the number of groups to
113 which the user or machine belongs. For groups, it represents the number of
118 A string of five characters, referred to as I<privacy flags>, which
119 indicate who can display or administer certain aspects of the entry.
125 Controls who can issue the B<pts examine> command to display the entry.
129 Controls who can issue the B<pts listowned> command to display the groups
130 that a user or group owns.
134 Controls who can issue the B<pts membership> command to display the groups
135 a user or machine belongs to, or which users or machines belong to a
140 Controls who can issue the B<pts adduser> command to add a user or machine
141 to a group. It is meaningful only for groups, but a value must always be
142 set for it even on user and machine entries.
146 Controls who can issue the B<pts removeuser> command to remove a user or
147 machine from a group. It is meaningful only for groups, but a value must
148 always be set for it even on user and machine entries.
152 Each flag can take three possible types of values to enable a different
153 set of users to issue the corresponding command:
159 A hyphen (-) designates the members of the system:administrators group and
160 the entry's owner. For user entries, it designates the user in addition.
164 The lowercase version of the letter applies meaningfully to groups only,
165 and designates members of the group in addition to the individuals
166 designated by the hyphen.
170 The uppercase version of the letter designates everyone.
174 For example, the flags C<SOmar> on a group entry indicate that anyone can
175 examine the group's entry and display the groups that it owns, and that
176 only the group's members can display, add, or remove its members.
178 The default privacy flags for user and machine entries are C<S---->,
179 meaning that anyone can display the entry. The ability to perform any
180 other functions is restricted to members of the system:administrators
181 group and the entry's owner (as well as the user for a user entry).
183 The default privacy flags for group entries are C<S-M-->, meaning that all
184 users can display the entry and the members of the group, but only the
185 entry owner and members of the system:administrators group can perform
186 other functions. The defaults for the privacy flags may be changed by
187 running B<ptserver> with the B<-default_access> option. See L<ptserver(8)>
188 for more discussion of the B<-default_access> option.
192 The number of additional groups the user is allowed to create. The B<pts
193 createuser> command sets it to 20 for both users and machines, but it has
194 no meaningful interpretation for a machine, because it is not possible to
195 authenticate as a machine. Similarly, it has no meaning in group entries
196 that only deal with the local cell and the B<pts creategroup> command sets
197 it to 0 (zero); do not change this value.
199 When using cross-realm authentication, a special group of the form
200 system:authuser@FOREIGN.REALM is created by an administrator and used. If
201 the group quota for this special group is greater than zero, then aklog
202 will automatically register foreign users in the local PTS database, add
203 the foreign user to the system:authuser@FOREIGN.REALM, and decrement the
210 The following example displays the user entry for C<terry> and the machine
211 entry C<158.12.105.44>.
213 % pts examine terry 158.12.105.44
214 Name: terry, id: 1045, owner: system:administrators, creator: admin,
215 membership: 9, flags: S----, group quota: 15.
216 Name: 158.12.105.44, id: 5151, owner: system:administrators,
217 creator: byu, membership: 1, flags: S----, group quota: 20.
219 The following example displays the entries for the AFS groups with GIDs
222 % pts examine -673 -674
223 Name: terry:friends, id: -673, owner: terry, creator: terry,
224 membership: 5, flags: S-M--, group quota: 0.
225 Name: smith:colleagues, id: -674, owner: smith, creator: smith,
226 membership: 14, flags: SOM--, group quota: 0.
228 =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
230 The required privilege depends on the setting of the first privacy flag in
231 the Protection Database entry of each entry specified by the B<-nameorid>
238 If it is lowercase C<s>, members of the system:administrators group and
239 the user associated with a user entry can examine it, and only members of
240 the system:administrators group can examine a machine or group entry.
244 If it is uppercase C<S>, anyone who can access the cell's database server
245 machines can examine the entry.
254 L<pts_creategroup(1)>,
255 L<pts_createuser(1)>,
257 L<pts_membership(1)>,
258 L<pts_removeuser(1)>,
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