To rename principals and groups for an administrative list, do the following:
1. Verify that you have the necessary privilege to issue the command. You must be included in the admin.bos list on the machine on which the administrative list to be affected is located. If necessary, issue the bos lsadmin command to check the admin.bos list.
2. Issue the bos rmadmin command to remove principals, groups, or both from an administrative list:
$ bos rmadmin -server machine -adminlist filename [-principal name...]
[-group name...]
[-removelist]
The -adminlist filename option specifies the name of the administrative list from which to remove principals and groups. The default directory for the administrative lists is the configuration directory, dcelocal/var/dfs. If the lists are stored in the default directory, you need to provide only the specific file name, admin.fl, admin.ft, admin.up, admin.bos, or admin.bak. If the lists are stored elsewhere, you must enter the pathname that was used when the specific process was started.
The -principal name option specifies the principal name of each user or server machine to be removed from the list. A user from the local cell can be specified by a full or abbreviated principal name (for example, /.../cellname/username or just username); a user from a foreign cell can be specified only by a full principal name. A server machine from the local cell can be specified by a full or abbreviated principal name (for example, /.../cellname/hosts/hostname/self or just hosts/hostname/self); a server machine from a foreign cell can be specified only by a full principal name.
The -group name option specifies the name of each group to be removed from the list. A group from the local cell can be specified by a full or abbreviated group name (for example, /.../cellname/group_name or just group_name); a group from a foreign cell can be specified only by a full group name.
The -removelist option specifies that the administrative list indicated with -adminlist is to be removed if it is empty either when the command is issued or after any principals or groups specified with the command are removed. This option has no effect if the specified file is not empty when the command is issued or after any indicated principals or groups are removed.