[daip] User ID number and password?

[Eric Greisen]

Paul Ruffle writes:

 > AIPS 1: Enter user ID number
 > 
 > I tried entering '1' but have no idea what password I should use. The  
 > only reference I could find was to setting up ssh for LOCALHOST  
 > access, which I have done with ssh-keygen, but this does not seem to  
 > be the problem.
 > 
 > This may be a really simple issue, but your installation wizard makes  
 > no mention of this.
 > 
Yes - it is so simple we do not mention it.  The VLA assigns user
numbers to visitors, and so on public machines they have some
relevance.  On a personal machine such as yours, they are a way to
escape the otherwise flat file system that AIPS uses.  Use a different
user number for your different projects.  The number 1 is special - it
has extra powers reserved for an "AIPS Manager" and the password
defaults to AMANAGER rather than blank.  All other numbers > 1 have no
default password although you could add one if you were so inclined.

Eric Greisen