IDENTIFY - record personal information.

Syntax:

identify [options]*

+All                    +NoMailBox
+NoSMC                  +YES
Delete=userid           Locate=pattern
languageKey=xxxx        Register=userid

Examples:

identify         -- record personal info
iden +a          -- get info on all others
iden l=smith     -- get info on "smiths"

Options:

+All: lists information on all users who have identified themselves.
+NoMailBox: lists all entries in the database that have no mailbox file or that have mailbox files with a hostile FMS attribute (such as a password or write lock). This option may only be used by people with LODS privileges at sites using the Secure Command Loader.
+NoSMC: lists all entries in the database that no longer have a userid (SMC entry). This option may only be used by people with LODS privileges at sites using the Secure Command Loader.
+YES: is used in conjunction with the Delete=userid option. It says that information on the given userid should be deleted immediately, without asking for confirmation.
Delete=userid: deletes personal information on the specified user. You can delete your own personal information, but only people with LODS permission may delete information on someone else. Normally, this option asks for confirmation before deleting information.
languageKey=xxxx: asks IDENT to conduct its dialog in a language other than English. The rules for the language key "xxxx" follow the same as for MAIL8; see "expl mail8 option language" for more information.
Locate=pattern: prints all personal information records that contain the given pattern, where "pattern" is any accepted by the TSS LOCATE command.
Register=userid: specifies personal information for the named user. You may register your own userid, but only people with LODS permission may register someone else.

Description:

IDENTIFY is used to record and print personal information about the users on your system.

If no options are specified on the command line, IDENTIFY will prompt you for information about yourself. The options let you find out information about other people who have supplied information about themselves.

Only users with LODS permission can delete personal information or register people other than themselves.

If you are trying to register someone while the main information file is busy (registering someone else), IDENTIFY will make several attempts to register you. If this cannot be done, you will be informed that the file is busy and that you should try again later.

Files Used:

mail8/aux/iden.dbase  -- to hold information
mail8/mb1.4/lang.data/iden.engl
       -- default examples and error messages