HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

Deleting authorizations

CAUTION: If all authorizations are deleted, no one, not even a user with

full configuration rights

, can view

or manage any systems.

To delete an authorization:

1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations.

2. Select the authorizations to be deleted.

3. Click Delete. A confirmation box appears.

4. Click OK to delete the authorizations, or click Cancel to cancel the deletion process and return to the

Authorizations section.

Authorizations cannot be directly deleted for group-based users. Instead, delete the authorizations for

the group-based user's user group.

NOTE: When deleting the last authorization using a system group, other than the default All Managed

Systems of CMS system groups, the system group is also deleted.

Command line interface

Users with

full configuration rights

can use the mxngroup command to delete system groups from the

command line interface

(CLI).

Users with full configuration rights can use the mxauth command to delete authorizations from the

command

line interface

(CLI).

Users with

limited configuration rights

can use the mxexec command to launch command tools on systems

from the CLI. For assistance with this command, see the associated manpage.

See “Using command line interface commands” for information on accessing the manpage.

Related procedures

• Creating new authorizations

• Authorizations report

• Updating authorizations