Users Guide

24 Setup and Administration
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.
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 Power User
group privileges.
Editing Server Administrator User Privileges on Linux Operating Systems
NOTE: You must be logged in as root or an equivalent user to perform these
procedures.
1 Open the omarolemap file located at /etc .
2 Add the following in the file:
< User_Name >[Tab]< Host_Name >[Tab]< Rights >
Table 3-4 lists the legends for adding the role definition to the
omarolemap file
Table 3-4. Legends for adding the role definition in OpenManage Server
Administrator
<User_Name> <Host_Name> <Rights>
User Name Host Name Administrator
(+)Group Name Domain User
Wildcard (*) Wildcard (*) User
[Tab] = \t (tab character)
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