Users Guide

36 Setup and Administration
Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d home-directory -g root username
NOTE: You must set root as the primary group.
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 Power User group privileges.
Microsoft Active Directory
If you use Active Directory service software, you can configure it to control access to your network.
Dell has modified the Active Directory database to support remote management authentication and
authorization. IT Assistant and Server Administrator, as well as Dell remote access controllers, can now
interface with Active Directory. With this tool, you can add and control users and privileges from one
central database. If you use Active Directory to control user access to your network, see "Using
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Configuring the SNMP Agent
Dell OpenManage software supports the SNMP systems management standard on all supported
operating systems. SNMP is installed as part of your operating system installation. An installed
supported systems management protocol standard, such as SNMP, is required before installing
Dell OpenManage software. See "Installation Requirements" for more information.
You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send
traps to a management station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management
applications such as IT Assistant, perform the procedures described in the following sections.
NOTE: For IT Assistant to retrieve management information from a system running Server Administrator, the
community name used by IT Assistant must match a community name on the system running Server Administrator.
For IT Assistant to modify information or perform actions on a system running Server Administrator, the community
name used by IT Assistant must match a community name that allows Set operations on the system running Server
Administrator. For IT Assistant to receive traps (asynchronous event notifications) from a system running Server
Administrator, the system running Server Administrator must be configured to send traps to the system running IT
Assistant. For more information, see the IT Assistant User’s Guide.
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for configuring the SNMP agent for each
supported operating system:
• Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
• Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Operating Systems