Users Guide

NOTE: Users can be enabled and disabled over time, and disabling a user does not delete the user from the database.
To verify if a user exists, open a Telnet/SSH text console to the CMC, log in, and then type the following command once for each index of
1–16:
racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i <index>
NOTE: You can also type racadm getconfig -f <myfile.cfg> and view or edit the myfile.cfg file, which includes
all the CMC configuration parameters.
Several parameters and object IDs are displayed with their current values. Two objects of importance are:
# cfgUserAdminIndex=XX
cfgUserAdminUserName=
If the cfgUserAdminUserName object has no value, that index number, which is indicated by the cfgUserAdminIndex object, is
available for use. If a name is displayed after the "=", that index is taken by that user name.
When you manually enable or disable a user with the racadm config subcommand, you must specify the index with the -i option.
The "#" character in the command objects indicates that it is a read-only object. Also, if you use the racadm config -f
racadm.cfg command to specify any number of groups/objects to write, the index cannot be specified. A new user is added to the first
available index. This behavior allows more flexibility in configuring a second CMC with the same settings as the main CMC.
Adding CMC User Using RACADM
To add a new user to the CMC configuration:
1. Set the user name.
2. Set the password.
3. Set the user privileges. For information about user privileges, see Types of Users.
4. Enable the user.
Example:
The following example describes how to add a new user named "John" with a "123456" password and login privileges to the CMC.
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminUserName
-i 2
john
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword
-i 2
123456
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminPrivilege
0x00000001
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminEnable 1
NOTE:
For a list of valid bit mask values for specific user privileges, see the Chassis Management Controller for
PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide . The default privilege value is 0, which indicates that the
privileges of a user are not enabled.
To verify that the user was successfully added with the correct privileges, run the following command:
racadm getconfig –g cfgUserAdmin –i 2
For more information about the RACADM commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command
Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Disabling CMC User
When using RACADM, users must be disabled manually on an individual-basis. Users cannot be deleted using a configuration file.
Configuring User Accounts and Privileges
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