Using wildcard characters in OAM profiles
Use wildcard characters in an object authority manager (OAM) profile name to make that profile applicable to more than one object.
What makes a profile generic is the use of special characters (wildcard
characters) in the profile name. For example, the question mark (?)
wildcard character matches any single character in a name. So, if
you specify ABC.?EF
, the authorization you give to
that profile applies to any objects with the names ABC.DEF
, ABC.CEF
, ABC.BEF
,
and so on.
The wildcard characters available are:
- ?
- Use the question mark (?) instead of any single character. For
example,
AB.?D
applies to the objectsAB.CD
,AB.ED
, andAB.FD
. - *
- Use the asterisk (*) as:
- A qualifier in a profile name to match any one qualifier
in an object name. A qualifier is the part of an object name delimited
by a period. For example, in
ABC.DEF.GHI
, the qualifiers areABC
,DEF
, andGHI
.For example,
ABC.*.JKL
applies to the objectsABC.DEF.JKL
, andABC.GHI.JKL
. (Note that it does not apply toABC.JKL
; * used in this context always indicates one qualifier.) - A character within a qualifier in a profile name to match zero
or more characters within the qualifier in an object name.
For example,
ABC.DE*.JKL
applies to the objectsABC.DE.JKL
,ABC.DEF.JKL
, andABC.DEGH.JKL
.
- A qualifier in a profile name to match any one qualifier
in an object name. A qualifier is the part of an object name delimited
by a period. For example, in
- **
- Use the double asterisk (**) once in a profile name as:
- The entire profile name to match all object names. For example
if you use
-t prcs
to identify processes, then use ** as the profile name, you change the authorizations for all processes. - As either the beginning, middle, or ending qualifier in a profile
name to match zero or more qualifiers in an object name. For example,
**.ABC
identifies all objects with the final qualifier ABC.
- The entire profile name to match all object names. For example
if you use
Note: When using wildcard characters on UNIX and Linux® systems, you must enclose
the profile name in single quotation marks.