Users Guide

22 Setup and Administration
Creating Server Administrator Users for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server Operating Systems
Administrator access privileges are assigned to the user logged in as root. To create users with User and
Power User privileges, perform the following steps.
NOTE: You must be logged in as root to perform these procedures.
NOTE: You must have the useradd utility installed on your system to perform these procedures.
Creating Users
NOTE: For information about creating users and assigning user group privileges or for more detailed instructions,
see your operating system documentation.
Creating Users With User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d < home-directory > -g < group > < username >
where < group > is not root .
NOTE: If <group> does not exist, you must create it by using the groupadd command.
2 Ty p e passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTICE: You must assign a password to every user account that can access Server Administrator to protect
access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with User group privileges.
Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d <home-directory> -g root <username>
NOTE: You must set root as the primary group.
2 Ty p e passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTICE: You must assign a password to every user account that can access Server Administrator to protect
access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with Power User group privileges.