Appendix D
Expand a Password File
1 Insert the SYSTEM FILES diskette into the diskette drive.
2 Sign on with a user level 7 password. At the SuperDOS prompt, enter:
3 At the SuperDOS prompt, enter
EXEC SAVE.ALL and press Enter. This backs
up the password file, config file, and flipscreen information prior to making
any changes.
4 At the prompt, enter
FIL and press Enter.
5 Select option V to view. At
Filename, enter 5:0:PASSWORD. Write down the
following information:
MAX REC IN FILE ________________
REC LENGTH ________________
6 Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
7 Select option C to create a new file. Make the following entries to create the
file:
Filename: 5:1:PASSWORD
File Type: D
Rec Length: (same as record length in Step 3 above)
Max # Recs: (2 times the Max Rec in File in Step 3 above)
Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
8 Select option F to fill the file. Make the following entries to accomplish this:
Filename: 5:1:PASSWORD
ASCII Value: 0 (zero)
OK: Y
9 Press Enter to go back to the FIL menu.
10 Then select E to end the FIL utility.
11 Copy the password file from 5:0 to 5:1. To do this, enter the following from
the SuperDOS prompt:
COPY/U 5:1 5:0:PASSWORD
12 From the SuperDOS prompt, enter
F.RENAME. Rename 5:0:PASSWORD to an
unused user group. Make the following entries:
Filename: 5:0:PASSWORD
Enter Desired Changes (Return to leave unchanged)...
5:00:PASSWORD
The cursor is positioned on the first character of the user group. Enter
another user group that has no current data in it (i.e., 10). Do not change the
filename (PASSWORD). Merely press Enter.
13 While still in the rename utility, rename 5:1:PASSWORD to 5:0:PASSWORD
using the same method as in Step 11.
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