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simply disallowing the use of the root account would render most system administrators inef-
fective because many system administration tasks require root privileges. However, the user-
based security facility in HP SIM provides non-super-users with the ability to execute a specific
set of privileged tools on a specific set of systems. Once user-based security is configured, HP SIM
determines whether the user is authorized to perform a selected action on the target system; and
if the user is authorized, HP SIM then performs the action with elevated privileges on behalf of
the user.
The screen shown in Figure 17-8 is the Users and Authorizations page that is used to config-
ure user-based security. This configuration interface consists of four steps. The first step configures
the set of users who will have permission to use HP SIM. The second step configures toolboxes,
which are a collection of tools that a user or set of users has permission to execute. Next, system
groups can be created that specify the set of systems where the selected user is allowed to per-
form the actions contained in a toolbox. Finally, the authorizations step combines the user, the
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Figure 17-7 HP Systems Insight Manager System Page