NAME

       UserList - Defines privileged administrators

DESCRIPTION

       The UserList file lists the AFS usernames of the system administrators authorized to issue privileged
       bos, vos, and backup commands that affect the local server machine or the volumes housed on it. It must
       reside in the /etc/openafs/server directory on every server machine.

       Although the UserList file is in ASCII format, do not use a text editor to alter it. Instead always use
       the appropriate commands from the bos command suite:

       •   The bos adduser command to add a user to the file.

       •   The bos listusers command to display the contents of the file.

       •   The bos removeuser command to remove a user from the file.

       Although it is theoretically possible to list different administrators in the UserList files on different
       server machines, doing so can cause unanticipated authorization failures and is not recommended. In cells
       that  use  the  Update  Server  to  distribute  the  contents of the /etc/openafs/server directory, it is
       customary to edit only the copy of the file stored on the system control  machine.  Otherwise,  edit  the
       file on each server machine individually.

SEE ALSO

       bos_adduser(8), bos_listusers(8), bos_removeuser(8), upclient(8), upserver(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-05-19                                        USERLIST(5)