Users Guide

24 Setup and Administration
• Server Administrator uses the default operating system user privilege, if a
user is degraded in the
omarolemap file.
• Do not use the loop back address for
<Host_Name> , for example:
localhost or 127.0.0.1.
• After the connection services are restarted and the changes do not take
effect for the
omarolemap file, see the command log for the errors.
•When
omarolemap file is copied from one machine to another machine,
file permissions and the entries of the file needs to be rechecked.
•Prefix the
Group Name with + .
• Server Administrator uses the default operating system user privileges,
if there are duplicate entries of user names or user groups along
with same
<Host_Name> .
• You can also use
Space as a delimiter for columns instead of [Tab].
Creating Server Administrator Users for VMware ESX 4.X and ESXi 4.X
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/ESXi 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 .
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