Endpoint Administration Guide for UNIX › Managing Users and Groups › Database Accessors › Predefined Users

Predefined Users

CA ControlMinder predefines the following users, which you cannot delete:

+devcalc

(Windows) The user name under which CA ControlMinder runs the deviation calculation process, devcalc.

_dms

Installed on the advanced policy management server components' databases (DMS, DH reader, and DH writer), the _dms user is used by policyfetcher and devcalc to communicate with the DH and DMS.

nobody

The nobody user is a user record that cannot correspond to a real user. Use this record to create rules that do not give any user the associated permissions. For example, you can set nobody as the owner of resources, meaning that no user will get the permissions associated with owning that record.

+reportagent

The user name under which CA ControlMinder runs the Report Agent.

_seagent

_seagent is the user name under which CA ControlMinder runs some internal processes, such as:

• The PMDB process, sepmdd
• (UNIX) The deviation calculation process, devcalc
• The user and group record update exit processes

The _seagent user has the SERVER attribute.

_sebuildla

(UNIX) The _sebuildla user is the user name under which CA ControlMinder runs the sebuildla utility to create a lookaside database for the CA ControlMinder daemon, seosd.

_seoswd

(UNIX)_seoswd is the user name used to run the seoswd watchdog daemon to monitor the file information and digital signatures of programs defined in the database as trusted programs.

_undefined

_undefined represents all users that are undefined in CA ControlMinder. You can use _undefined to include undefined users in ACLs.