Create and maintain the server access file with the access file manager utility. To start this utility, use the "-access" option to the acuodbcs command. To use the access file manager, you must be logged onto a UNIX server as root or superuser or onto a Windows NT or Windows 2000 server from the Administrator account or from an account that belongs to the Administrators group.
The access file manager is an interactive, menu-driven, command-line utility that allows you to
When the access file manager displays a value inside a pair of square brackets, that value is the default value for the field. When the access file manager starts, you are prompted for the path and name of the server access file.
To accept the default value simply press <return>. In the following example "/etc/AcuAccess" is the default value.
Enter the name of the Server Access File Filename [/etc/AcuAccess]:
The access file manager is launched with the "acuodbcs -access" command. Note that both AcuODBC Server and AcuServer have an access command. They both control files that are identical in format, and so can be used interchangeably. However, this chapter focuses on the "AcuAccess" file and AcuODBC Server. (For information specific to the "AcuAccess" file and AcuServer, please see your AcuServer documentation.)