Users Guide

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8 Select the appropriate group and click Add .
9 Click OK , and then click OK again.
New users can log into Dell OpenManage software with the user privileges
for their assigned group and domain.
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 or an equivalent user 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 user groups, 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.
NOTE: 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.
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