Users Guide

Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1. Run the following command from the command line:useradd -d <home-directory> -g <group> <username>
NOTE: Set root as the primary group.
2.
Type passwd <username> and press <Enter>.
3. When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTE: 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.
1. Open the omarolemap file at /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/omarolemap.
2. Add the following in the file: <User_Name>[Tab]<Host_Name>[Tab]<Rights>
The following table lists the legend for adding the role definition to the omarolemap.
Table 4. Legend for adding the role definition in Server Administrator
<User_Name> <Host_Name> <Rights>
User Name Host name Administrator
(+) Group Name Domain User
Wildcard (*) Wildcard (*) User
[Tab] = \t (tab character)
The following table lists the examples for adding the role definition to the omarolemap file.
Table 5. Examples for adding the role definition in Server Administrator
<User_Name> <Host_Name> <Rights>
Bob Ahost Poweruser
+ root Bhost Administrator
+ root Chost Administrator
Bob *.aus.amer.com Poweruser
Mike 192.168.2.3 Poweruser
3. Save and close the file.
Best practices while using the omarolemap file
The following are the best practices to be considered while working with the omarolemap file:
• Do not delete the following default entries in the omarolemap file.
Table 6. Best Practices for omarolemap file
root * Administrator
+root * Poweruser
* * User
• Do not change the omarolemap file permissions or file format.
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