HP-UX Software Assistant Administration Guide (December 2011)
Requirements
In order to allow a non-privileged user to run SWA via HP SIM, that user must have:
• A login account for HP SIM.
• Login access to the target systems by either certificate or password.
• A home directory on each target system to hold temporary files.
How to authorize a non-privileged user to run SWA
Make sure you have met the requirements outlined in “Requirements” (page 38), and then follow
the following procedure.
• From HP SIM as a privileged user, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations...
• Select the Authorizations tab.
• Select user from the “Authorizations for” pull down menu and the user name you wish to
authorize from the “Select name” pull down menu.
• Select New...
• From the New Authorizations section of the Users and Authorizations page, select the “Manually
assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations:” radio button.
38 Running SWA from within HP SIM