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The command line management utility is an interactive, command oriented interface for managing popstore and MessageStore accounts. Users with operating system privileges as well as users with privileged popstore or MessageStore accounts can use the utility. Also, the utility can be used as a report generator as described briefly in Section 6.15.2 and more completely in Chapter 9.
The utility is invoked with the command
# pmdf popstore or # pmdf msgstore |
exit or quit commands to exit the
utility. Table Table 6-1 summarizes the recognized commands; see
Section 6.18 for complete command descriptions.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
add
|
Add a new user account |
copy
|
Copy a user account (popstore only) |
delete
|
Delete a user account or messages |
exit
|
Exit the utility |
forward
|
Establish a forwarding address |
group
|
Manipulate management groups |
login
|
Enable privileges by "logging in" to a privileged popstore/msgstore account |
logout
|
Disable privileges |
modify
|
Modify a user account |
noforward
|
Remove a forwarding address |
quit
|
Exit the utility |
rename
|
Rename a user's account (popstore only) |
set
|
Select user domain or set units used for expression of storage and time |
show
|
Display information about user accounts, messages, or forwardings |
On UNIX, the command recall and editing capabilities are provided by
the open source software libedit (also known as
editline). By default, the standard "vi" key bindings are
defined. You can change various elements of the editing environment,
such as using "Emacs" key bindings instead of "vi", by creating in your
home directory a file called .editrc. See the
editrc manpage for more information.
6.1 Basic operation
Popstore and MessageStore accounts are managed using four basic
commands: add, delete, modify,
and show. These four commands add accounts, remove
accounts, modify accounts, and display information about accounts. For
popstore accounts, two additional commands, copy and
rename, can be used to create new accounts which look like
existing accounts and to change the name of an existing account.
When an account is created with the add command, you can
also specify various account settings such as the account password, the
name of the account's owner, and storage quotas. Once the account is
created, you can subsequently change these settings with the
modify command.
Some of the account settings involve the use of values expressed in
units of storage or time. By default, the units of storage are kbytes
(1024 bytes), and the units of time are days. Within a session with the
utility, these units can be changed with the set command;
see the command descriptions in Section 6.18 for details.
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