Users Guide

24 Setup and Administration
Creating Users
NOTE: For information about creating users and user groups, see your operating
system documentation.
Creating Users With User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d < home-directory > -g < group > < username >
where < group > is not root .
NOTE: If <group> does not exist, create it by using the groupadd
command.
2 Ty p e passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTE: Assign a password to every user account that can access Server
Administrator to protect access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with User group
privileges.
Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d <home-directory> -g root <username>
NOTE: Set root as the primary group.
2 Ty p e passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTE: Assign a password to every user account that can access Server
Administrator to protect access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with Power User
group privileges.
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