HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Users with administrative rights can use the mxauth command to add authorizations from the CLI.
NOTE: Users must have the User can configure CMS security access such as creating, modifying
or removing other users option selected when their account is set up for them to be able to use the
mxngroup and mxauth commands.
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
• Deleting authorizations
• Authorizations report
• Updating authorizations
Related topics
• Users and authorizations
• Authorizations
Updating authorizations
This option is only available for authorizations using system groups based on a collection. It enables the
contents of a system group to be updated to the current contents of its source collection. All authorizations
using this system group (collection) are updated.
To update an authorization:
1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations, select an authorization
based on a system group, and then click Update. The Update Authorizations section appears.
2. In the Show dropdown list, select changes, current contents, or updated contents.
• changes Describes the specific changes that occur to the system group if updated. Systems to
Add shows new systems to be added to the system group and added to all authorizations based
on the system group. Systems to Remove shows current systems to be removed from the system
and removed from all authorizations using the system group. Systems Unchanged shows a list
of systems that are unaffected by the update. They remain unchanged in the system group and all
authorizations based on the system group.
• current contents Shows the current contents of the system group.
• updated contents Shows what the contents of the system group will be after updating. This option
applies to authorizations based on this system group.
3. To update the authorization, click Update Contents, or to cancel the update, click Cancel.
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