Users Guide

NOTE: You must have the useradd utility installed on your system to perform the procedures.
Related Links
• Creating Users With User Privileges
• Creating Users With Power User Privileges
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, create it by using the groupadd command.
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 User group privileges.
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 le at /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/omarolemap.
2 Add the following in the le: <User_Name>[Tab]<Host_Name>[Tab]<Rights>
The following table lists the legend for adding the role denition to the omarolemap.
Table 4. Legend for adding the role
denition in 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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