Adding Users for the Administration Console

Use the following procedure to enable users to administer i-Planet through the Administration Console.

To Add a User Who Has Not Logged In

1. If a regular user has not previously logged into the i-Planet Desktop and you want to enable a regular user to run the Administration Console, as root on the i-Planet server, change to the directory profiles and copy the file root to the name of the new user:

   # cd /opt/SUNWjeev/profiles # cp root new-user

2. Edit the file for the new user and replace the lines:

   role=web with role=web admin

   session.uid=root with session.uid=new-user.

   The file for the new user should now look like the following:

   role=web admin user.url=http://fully_qualified_server_host_name:8080/\ servlet/SNDesktop?template=user_login session.uid=new-user

To Add a User Who Has Logged In

1. If the user has logged in, as root on the i-Planet server, edit the file for the user in /opt/SUNWjeev/profiles and add admin to the line role=web.

   The file for the user should now look like the following:

   role=web admin user.url=http://fully_qualified_i-Planet_server_host_name:8080/\ servlet/SNDesktop?template=user_login session.uid=new-user

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   Note -

   If users want to run the Administration Console from outside the i-Planet gateway or firewall or both, they must have admin privileges. They must either log in as root or log in as a regular user with the admin role.

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