The UIC (User Identification Code) is a 2-part number or
text string that identifies a user and determines his or her
relationship to other users on the system. The UIC determines the
ownership of files and is assigned by your system manager. UICs
can be either numeric or alphanumeric:
o A numeric UIC consists of an octal group number and an octal
member number.
You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard in place of the group
number to identify all group numbers and in place of the
member number group to identify all member numbers.
o An alphanumeric UIC is a text string consisting of a member
name and, optionally, a group name.
You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard in place of the member
name in an alphanumeric UIC but not in place of the group
name.
The UIC is enclosed in square brackets or angle brackets. A comma
separates the two parts of the UIC. The first part of the UIC
identifies the group of users a person belongs to. Group members
share the same first number or group name in their UICs. You can
control access to files according to UIC group numbers or group
names. The second part of the UIC identifies the individual user
in a group.
1 – Examples
In an ACL entry, you can use three types of UIC to identify
users:
o By specifying all the digits of both parts of the UIC, you
can identify one or more users who log in with the same UIC
associated with their process. For example:
UIC = [240,240]
o By using an asterisk (_*) as a wildcard in place of the second
part of the UIC, you can identify users who belong to the same
group and share the first part of their UICs. For example,
the following specification can identify users with UICs
[240,101], [240,300], [240,544], [240,777]:
UIC = [240,*]
o By using asterisks in place of both groups of digits in the
UIC, you identify all users, regardless of their UICs:
UIC = [*,*]
You must include the comma and enclose the UIC specification
in square brackets or angle brackets. If you specify no
UIC for an ACL entry, the dictionary supplies [_*,_*] as a
default.