acl create

Creates an ACL policy in the ACL database. This command does not create ACL entries.

Requires authentication (administrator ID and password) to use.

acl create acl_name

Options

acl_name

Name of the ACL policy being created. A valid ACL policy name is an alphanumeric string that is not case-sensitive. String values are expected to be characters that are part of the local code set. Spaces are not allowed. The following characters cannot be used in the name of the ACL policy:

! " # & ( ) * + , ; : < > = @ / \ | .

Examples: default-root, test, default-management, and pubs_acl3

Return codes

0

The command completed successfully.

1

The command failed. When a command fails, the pdadmin command provides a description of the error and an error status code in hexadecimal format (for example, 0x14c012f2). See "Error messages" in the IBM Knowledge Center. This reference provides a list of the ISAM error messages by decimal or hexadecimal codes.

Examples

• Create an ACL policy named pubs_acl3:

  pdadmin sec_master> acl create pubs_acl3

Create an ACL policy named Test-ACL:

pdadmin sec_master> acl create Test-ACL

See also

acl attach
acl delete
acl modify

Parent topic: pdadmin commands