Users Guide

Setup and Administration 35
Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in Supported Windows Operating Systems
NOTE: You must be logged in with Admin istrator privileges to perform this procedure.
1 If your system is running Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, right-click My Computer, and
point to
Manage .
If your system is running Windows 2000, right-click
My Computer and point to Manage .
2 In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups and click Users .
3 Click the Guest or IUSR _system name user account.
4 Click Action and point to Properties .
5 Select Account is disabled and click OK .
A red circle with an X appears over the user name. The account is disabled.
NOTE: Consider renaming the accounts so that remote scripts cannot enable the accounts using the name.
Creating Users for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
Administrator access privileges are assigned to the user logged in as root. To create users with User and
Power User privileges, perform the following steps.
NOTE: You must be logged in as root to perform these procedures.
NOTE: You must have the useradd utility installed on your system to perform these procedures.
Creating Users
NOTE: For questions about creating users and assigning user group privileges, or for more detailed instructions,
see your operating system documentation.
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, you must create it by using the groupadd command.
2 Ty p e passwd username and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTICE: You must assign a password to every user account that can access Dell OpenManage software to
protect access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Dell OpenManage software with User group privileges.