Fitzgerald & Long Sentry, User Manual

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Section 1 - 4 SENTRY User’s Guide
Fitzgerald & Long
1.1 UPLOAD USER AND GROUP PROFILES FROM UNIX
This program loads the data from the UNIX passwd and group files into the SENTRY database. Existing
data in the SENTRY database is checked and compared to that in these two files. The SENTRY database
is updated to reflect the same configuration as these files.
DB.LOAD SENTRY Data Base Load 08/08/00
Enter "OK" to start the loading process or "<ESC>" to exit : OK
Loading user profiles.
Loading group information.
User and group information loaded.
Figure 7 - This is an example of the “SENTRY Database Load” screen. Enter “OK” to execute the
program.
This is the first program you will execute after SENTRY is installed. After the initial upload you will use
this program on a regular basis to insure that SENTRY is consistent with your UNIX files.
To invoke this program, enter
1. Database Creation and Validation Menu on SENTRY's Main
Menu. Then, enter 1. Upload User and Group Profiles from UNIX from the submenu. This
program will be invoked.
On first entering this program, only the prompt
Enter 'OK' to start the loading process:
is
displayed. Enter “
OK
” to begin or <ESC> to exit the program.
The loading process is performed in two steps. First, the information in the passwd file is read. Second,
the group file information is loaded into the SENTRY database. The screen will report the progress of the
program as it begins each step. Figure 7 is an example of this screen after the two steps have been
completed.
After loading your system information into SENTRY, you should use the SENTRY maintenance screens to
update, add or delete users and groups. You may still continue to use the UNIX utilities to manage users
and groups, but changes made will not be reflected in the SENTRY database until you perform the upload
again.