1.3 How Users Connect to File and Printer Services
    Users connect to services with the USE command. When
    connecting to file and printer services, the username in the
    USE command determines whether the user can access the
    service.

    For example, USER1 connects to a service with the VMS
    username USER1, as follows:
        USE LPT2: \\SRVR1\LN03_DPORT%USER1 *

    The asterisk (
                          *

                            ) means that the user is prompted for the
    password.

    Users can connect to file services using:

    The account used to connect to a printer service determines
    how print jobs are identified. See Chapter 4 for more
    information.

    1.3.1 Using the Default Account
    The purpose of a default account, if present, is to allow
    users without a VMS account access to services.

    When a user connects to a service using the default
    account, he does not have to specify a VMS username
    and password, as follows:
        USE LPT2: \\SRVR1\LN03_DPORT

    When users connect using the default account, they can
    access file services granted to the group PUBLIC. All users
    are automatically part of the group PUBLIC.
  Disable the default
  account to increase
  system security.

    To increase security on your system, you can disable the
    default account (see Chapter 6). The name of the default
    account is PCFS$ACCOUNT unless you change it.

    1.3.2 Using VMS Accounts
    When you add a user, you create a VMS username and
    account. For a more secure system, you can require that
    a user connect to a file service with a username and
    password.

    You create a VMS account by adding a user, which is
    explained in Chapter 6.

    Users must be granted access to a file or printer service
    before they connect to the service.

    When users connect using their own VMS account, they
    can use file and printer services that are granted access for:

    Table 1-1 summarizes the access users are allowed
    depending on the account they used to connect to a file
    service.