1 /BRIEF
Specifies that a brief report be displayed. In the report, the
Directory field displays one of the following items:
o Disuser-The account has been disabled.
o Expired-The account has expired.
o A device and directory name-The login device and directory for
the account (for example, DOCD$:[SMITH]).
If you omit the /BRIEF qualifier, AUTHORIZE displays a full
report.
2 /FULL
Specifies that a full report be displayed, including identifiers
held by the user. Full reports include the details of the limits,
privileges, login flags, and the command interpreter as well as
the identifiers held by the user. The password is not listed.
3 /EXACT
Controls whether the SHOW command matches the search string
exactly or treats uppercase and lowercase letters as equivalents.
Enclose the specified string within quotation marks (" "). Use
/EXACT with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers.
4 /HIGHLIGHT
/HIGHLIGHT[=keyword]
/NOHIGHLIGHT (default)
Identifies how to display the line that contains a string once it
is found. The following keywords are valid:
BLINK
BOLD (default)
REVERSE
UNDERLINE
Use the /HIGHLIGHT qualifier with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH
qualifiers.
5 /PAGE
/PAGE[=keyword]
/NOPAGE (default)
Controls the information display on a screen. The following
keywords are valid:
CLEAR_SCREEN Clear the screen before displaying the next page.
SCROLL Display a continuous stream of information.
SAVE[=n] Store information and enable the navigational keys
listed in Screen Control Keys. By default, the
command saves 5 pages. The maximum page width is
255 columns.
Table 1 Screen Control Keys
Key or Key
Sequence Action Taken When Key or Key Sequence Is Pressed
DOWN ARROW Scroll the display down one line
KEY
LEFT ARROW Scroll the display one column to the left
KEY
RIGHT ARROW Scroll the display one column to the right
KEY
UP ARROW KEY Scroll the display up one line
Find (E1) Search for a new string in the information being
displayed
Insert Here Move the display to the right by half a screen
(E2)
Remove (E3) Move the display to the left by half a screen
Select (E4) Switch from 80-column displays to 132-column
displays
Prev Screen Return to the previous page
(E5)
Next Screen Display the next page
(E6)
CTRL/Z Return to the UAF> prompt
Help Display AUTHORIZE help text
F16 (Do) Switch from the oldest to the newest page
Ctrl/W Refresh the display
6 /SEARCH
/SEARCH=string
Used with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to specify a string to find in
the information being displayed. You can dynamically change the
search string by pressing the Find key (E1) while the information
is being displayed.
7 /WRAP
/WRAP
/NOWRAP (default)
Used with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to limit the number of columns
to the width of the screen and wrap lines that extend beyond the
width of the screen to the next line.
The /NOWRAP qualifier extends lines beyond the width of the
screen. Use the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier and the screen control keys
listed in Screen Control Keys to view the entire screen.
The SHOW command produces reports on user authorization records.
You can select the reports to be displayed, as follows:
o To display a single-user report, specify a user name.
o To display reports for all users in ascending sequence by user
name, specify an asterisk wildcard character (*).
o To display reports for all users with a common UIC, specify
the UIC. Users with the same UIC are listed in the order in
which they were added to the SYSUAF.
You can also use the asterisk wildcard character to specify
all or part of the UIC, as shown in the following examples:
Command Description
SHOW [14,*] Displays a brief report for all users in
/BRIEF group 14, in ascending sequence by member
number.
SHOW [*,6] Displays a brief report for all users with a
/BRIEF member number of 6.
SHOW [*,*] Displays a brief report for all users, in
/BRIEF ascending sequence by UIC.