To validate users, TDP performs the following steps:
1 Determines if the user entry is a valid TDP command.
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IF the command is . . . |
THEN TDP . . . |
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not a valid TDP command |
returns the standard syntax error message to the source virtual machine or user. |
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a valid TDP command |
validates the authority of the userid to issue that specific command. |
2 Verifies if a user is authorized to issue a specific command by searching for a matching userid listing in an existing internal table.
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IF the userid is . . . |
THEN TDP . . . |
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listed in the table |
confirms that the user is authorized to issue the command. |
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not listed in the table |
reverts to a “default authority” to determine whether the userid is valid, and if so, if such a user is authorized to issue the command. The TDP command is then accepted and processed, or rejected with an error message, based on this default validation process. |