HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Command line interface
Users with administrative rights can use mxngroup to update system groups from the command line interface
(CLI). However, if there are edits to the system group from the CLI, there is no affect on the source collection.
See “Using command line interface commands” for information about accessing the manpage.
Related procedures
• Creating new authorizations
• Deleting authorizations
• Authorizations report
Related topics
• Users and authorizations
• Authorizations
Deleting authorizations
CAUTION: If all authorizations are deleted, no user, not even a user with administrative 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. To delete the authorizations, click OK, or to cancel the deletion process and return to the Authorizations
section, click Cancel.
Authorizations cannot be directly deleted for group-based users. Instead, delete the authorizations for
the user group of the group-based user.
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 administrative rights can use the mxngroup command to delete system groups using the CLI .
Users with administrative rights can use the mxauth command to delete authorizations using the CLI .
Users with operator 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 about accessing the manpage.
Related procedures
• Creating new authorizations
• Authorizations report
• Updating authorizations
Related topics
• Users and authorizations
• Authorizations
Authorizations report
Generate an Authorizations Report to view and print authorizations. The Authorizations Report is
tailored to the current filtered view. For example, if user is selected in the Authorizations for box, a report
is generated for only for the user selected. If (none) is selected in the Select name dropdown list, a report
is generated for everything selected in the Authorizations box.
148 Users and authorizations