Because of the extensive power granted by membership in this group, it is recommended that only a few high-level administrators be included in this group. When the Protection Server initializes the Protection Database for the first time in a cell, it automatically creates entries for these groups in the Protection Database and allocates them AFS UIDs. The counter that the Protection Server uses when allocating AFS UIDs is set beyond these standard IDs so that there will be no conflict when other groups are created later. It is not possible to use pts adduser to add members to these groups, nor can their membership be listed with pts membership. See the AFS Installation Guide for details.
All pts commands accept optional arguments and flags.
This argument specifies that the command should be run in the cell specified by cell name. This is useful when a developer is testing the Protection Server by running an isolated instance on his or her own workstation. This flag directs the pts command interpreter to continue executing the command, if possible, even if it encounters problems during the command's execution. The command interpreter performs as much of the requested operation as possible, rather than aborting if it encounters a problem. The command interpreter reports any errors it encounters during the command's execution.