Users Guide

Setup and Administration 25
Creating Server Administrator Users for VMware ESX Server 4 and 4i
To add a user to the Users table:
1
Log in to the host using the vSphere Client.
2 Click the Users & Groups tab and click Users .
3 Right-click anywhere in the Users table and click Add to open the Add
New User dialog box.
4 Enter a login, a user name, a numeric user ID (UID), and a password;
specifying the user name and UID are optional. If you do not specify the
UID, the vSphere Client assigns the next available UID.
5 To allow a user to access the ESX host through a command shell, select
Grant shell access to this user . Users that access the host only through the
vSphere Client do not need shell access.
6 To add the user to a group, select the group name from the Group drop-
down menu and click
Add .
7 Click OK .
Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in
Supported Windows Operating Systems
NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform
this procedure.
1 Open the Computer Management window.
2 In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups and click Users .
3 Double click Guest or IUSR_system name user account to see the
Properties for those users, or right click the
Guest or IUSR_system name
user account and then choose
Properties .
4 Select Account is disabled and click OK .
A red circle with an X appears over the user name. The account is disabled.
Configuring the SNMP Agent
Server Administrator supports the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)—a systems management standard—on all supported operating
systems. The SNMP support may or may not be installed depending on your
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