Users

Users must be defined in CA Harvest SCM before they can log in to the product. When CA Harvest SCM is installed, an initial user is automatically created. This user must add other users who need access to CA Harvest SCM.

Note: The record in the HARUSER table whose USROBJID field has a value of 1 identifies the initial user created during the installation. This user is always a CA Harvest SCM administrator and always exists in CA Harvest SCM, even if this user does not exist in the external authentication server. However, when you use external authentication, this user (like all other CA Harvest SCM users) must exist in the external authentication server to log in to CA Harvest SCM.

Creating users and user groups are closely related tasks. If you create users first, you can add them to the groups when you define the groups. If you create groups first, you can add the users to them when you define the users.

Users and user groups exist at the CA Harvest SCM level. This level means that they are available to all projects defined in a CA Harvest SCM installation. A user can belong to any number of user groups, and the groups imply no hierarchy. For example, a user in the Development Manager group does not implicitly belong to the Developer group.

Note: For more information about the CA Harvest SCM initial user, see the Implementation Guide.