btadmin

Description

The btadmin utility is used to create and update the flat file btpasswd, which stores user names and passwords for authentication of Pervasive.SQL users. Users given administrator rights can monitor engine status and configure the engine remotely.

Synopsis

btadmin [ -p password] [a+] [a-] [-r] username 

Options

username
Creates or updates the username in the btpasswd file. If username does not exist in this file, an entry is added. If it does exist, the password is changed.

See Also

mkded(1), butil(1)

Notes

To administer the engine from a remote workstation, you must supply a user name and password. Upon initial installation of Pervasive.SQL V8, the supplied default is admin with an empty password.

Use btadmin to add more administrators:

% btadmin [-p password] [a+] username  

This utility creates a record in btpasswd for user username with password password (if option -p is not used, then you will be asked to enter a password). If a user already exists, then his password is changed as specified.

By default a user is created without administration permissions. You can use the a+ option to give administration rights to the user. You can remove this right by using a-.

To remove a user record from the password file, enter:

% btadmin -r username  

Every time the btpasswd file is changed, the previous version is backed up to btpasswd-.