Installation and Upgrade Guide Owner's manual

Publication 1757-IN040B-EN-P - March 2002
2-26 Operating System Installation Procedures
Creating the ProcessLogix
User Accounts
You must create a Process User account to be used to perform the
ProcessLogix R400.0 Software installation. Follow the steps below to
create and logon with the ps_user and erserver accounts on Windows
2000.
Creating the ps_user and erserver accounts
1. Right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage.
2. Click the + sign to expand Local Users and Groups.
3. Click the Users folder.
4. Click Action
⇒New User.
5. Enter the appropriate information for ps_user from table
Table 2.B on page 2-26.
6. Uncheck the User must change password at next logon
checkbox.
7. Check ONLY the Password never expires checkbox.
8. Click Create.
IMPORTANT
All R400.0 Systems are required to use the ps_user
account. This is a change from R320.0, where most
systems used the plx_user account.
All subsequent software installs should be performed
with the ps_user account logged on to the system.
Table 2.B User Account Details
Username Full name
Description
(2)
Password
(3)
Confirm Password
(4)
Member of
ps_user Process user ProcessLogix
System
Administrators
password password Administrators
Users
erserver
(1)
erserver Engineering
Repository Server
erserver erserver Administrators
Users
(1)
The erserver account is only necessary on ProcessLogix Servers.
(2)
This field may be left blank.
(3)
The password must be lowercase.
(4)
The confirm password must be lowercase.