Example uss Templates

This section describes example templates for the basic and full account types (the template for an authentication-only account is empty).

The first example creates a basic account. It contains two G instructions and a V instruction that defines the volume name, file server machine, partition, quota in kilobytes, mount point, home directory owner, and home directory access control list. In the ABC Corporation cell, a suitable template is:

   G /afs/.abc.com/usr1
   G /afs/.abc.com/usr2
   V  user.$USER  $SERVER.abc.com  /vicep$PART  5000  $AUTO/$USER   $UID $USER all staff rl

When issuing the uss add command with this type of template, provide the following arguments:

• -user to specify the username for the $USER variable

• -server to specify the unique part of the file server machine name for the $SERVER variable

• -partition to specify the unique part of the partition name for the $PART variable

The Protection Server automatically assigns an AFS UID for the $UID variable, and the G instructions provide a value for the $AUTO variable.

The following example template file creates a full account in the ABC Corporation cell. The following sections about each type of instruction describe the effect of the examples. Note that the V and E instructions appear on two lines each only for the sake of legibility.

#
# Specify the available grouping directories
#
G /afs/.abc.com/usr1
G /afs/.abc.com/usr2
#
# Create the user's home volume
#
V user.$USER $SERVER.abc.com /vicep$PART 5000  afs/.abc.com/$AUTO/$USER         $UID $USER all abc:staff rl
#
# Create directories and files for mail
#
D $MTPT/.MESSAGES 0700 $UID $USER all abc:staff none 
D $MTPT/.Outgoing 0700 $UID $USER rlidwk postman rlidwk 
D $MTPT/Mailbox 0700 $UID $USER all abc:staff none system:anyuser lik
#
# Here are some useful scripts for login etc.
#
F $MTPT/.Xbiff 0755 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.Xresources 0644 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.Xsession 0755 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.cshrc 0755 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.login 0755 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.logout 0755 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/.twmrc 0644 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
F $MTPT/preferences 0644 $UID /afs/abc.com/admin/user/proto
#
# Make a passwd entry
#
E /afs/.abc.com/common/etc/newaccts/passwd_$USER 0644 root      "$USER:X:$UID:11:$NAME:$MTPT:/bin/csh"
#
# Put in the standard password/authentication checks
#
A $USER 250 noreuse 9 25
#
# Create and mount a public volume for the user
#
X "create_public_vol $USER $1 $2"
#
# Here we set up the symbolic link to public directory
#
S /afs/abc.com/public/$USER $MTPT/public

Example execution command:

uss add -user joe -admin admin -server server.example.com -uid 2001 -part a -dryrun

-- CraigCook - 31 Mar 2005