14.3.18 Prefix

ATTRIBUTE Prefix 1003 string

	Users:	L-
	Hints:	L-
	Huntgroups:	LR
	Additivity:	Append
	Proxy propagated:	No

The Prefix attribute indicates the prefix that the user name should contain in order for a particular record in the profile to be matched. This attribute should be specified in the LHS of the `users' or `hints' file.

For example, if the `users' file contained

DEFAULT Prefix = "U", Auth-Type = System Service-Type = Login-User

then the user names `Ugray' and `Uyoda' would match this record, whereas `gray' and `yoda' would not.

Both Prefix and Suffix attributes may be specified in a profile. In this case the record is matched only if the user name contains both the prefix and the suffix specified.

See section 14.3.27 Suffix, and 14.3.26 Strip-User-Name.