Managing file Realm Users

Manage file realm users with the Admin Console. Users and groups in the file realm are listed in the keyfile, whose location is specified by the file property.

It is also possible to use these steps to add users to any file realm, including the admin-realm. Simply substitute the name of the target realm in place of the file realm referenced in this section.

A user in the file realm can belong to a JavaEE group, a category of users classified by common traits. For example, customers of an e-commerce application might belong to the CUSTOMER group, but the big spenders would belong to the PREFERRED group. Categorizing users into groups makes it easier to control the access of large numbers of users.

Initially after installation of the Application Server, the only user is the administrator entered during installation. By default, this user belongs to the group asadmin, in the realm admin-realm, which gives rights to modify the Application Server. Any users assigned to this group will have administrator privileges, that is, they will have access to the asadmin tool and the Admin Console.

To manage file realm users, perform the following tasks:

• Add a user.

• Edit user information.

• Delete a user.

To access the File Users page in the Admin Console, go to Configuration > Security > Realms > File > Edit Realm > Manage Users. For detailed information on performing these tasks, click Help in the Admin Console.

Equivalent asadmin commands.

The same tasks can be performed from the asadmin command line utility. For more information, see

• create-file-user: See create-file-user(1).

• update-file-user: See update-file-user(1).

• delete-file-userdelete-file-user(1).