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Modifying the Configuration Database › Using the DECwindows Motif Interface to the Configuration Editor › Add Users

Add Users

To allow users access to serviced systems and to define the privileges they have within Console Manager

  1. Start the configuration editor.
  2. Pull down the Edit menu and choose the User/Create submenu.

    This displays the User Name dialog box. You must enter the user's account name here. For example, smithj.

  3. Click the space provided for the name of the user and enter the person's user account name.
  4. Click OK. This displays the User dialog box, as shown in the following figure.

  5. Complete the fields in the User dialog box, using the following table to help you.
  6. Enter a description to clarify the user's name already given. For example, John Smith, System Manager.
  7. Click the appropriate check button to select the privileges you want to grant to this user's account.
  8. Select the systems the user is going to have access to. The default is to allow the user access to all systems. Deselect the "Allow access to all systems" check box if you do not want the user to access all systems. This makes Systems ... active.
  9. Click Systems ...

    This displays a selection box with two columns: Selected Systems and Available Systems. Click the systems you wish to the user to be granted privileges for from the list of available systems on the right side of the dialog box. For example salt and pepper. These system names will then be transferred into the column displaying the selected systems on the left side of the dialog box.

    Note: If you grant access to a subset of the serviced systems defined in the configuration database, then a group definition is also required. However, granting a user access to all groups overrides the subset of systems, and provides the user with full access.

  10. Click OK.
  11. If you wish to give access to specific groups, follow the instructions just given for systems.
  12. Click OK in the User dialog box.
  13. Continue to add other users, if you wish.

The following table explains what to enter in the fields on the User dialog box.

Item

Description

Name

A unique account name for the user.

Information

Description to clarify name.

Startup

Indicates if user has privilege to start Console Manager from the C3 interface.

Reconfigure

Indicates if user has privilege to reconfigure Console Manager.

Shutdown

Indicates if user has privilege to shut down Console Manager.

Edit Configuration Data

Indicates if user has privilege to edit the configuration database.

Can Halt System

Indicates if user has privilege to halt a system.

Archive Console Data

Indicates if user has privilege to archive console data.

Exit from C3 Interface

Indicates if user has privilege to exit from the C3 interface.

Edit the C3 Interface

Indicates if user has privilege to edit the C3 interface.

Access Allowed to Systems

Indicates whether or not access to all systems is allowed.

Access Allowed to Groups

Indicates whether or not access to all groups is allowed.