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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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