User and Group Administration (Users)

The User and Group Administration (Users) page provides a list of all the user accounts on this host along with their statistics. On this page you can:

• Access the page to edit user account statistics

• Access the page to add a user account to the host

• Delete a user account from the host

• Refresh updates user administration page with latest list of user accounts available on the host. This is helpful to fetch updates which are done directly on host, instead through Enterprise Manager.

• View the statistics of specific user accounts

  User Statistic	Description
  Login	User account name that allows you to access the software
  Name	Full name of user account Many logins can have the same name. For example, logins aim1, aim2, and aim3 can all have the same name - AIM Manager.
  UID	User account identifier This identifier is unique to the login.
  Groups	Categories to which the user account belongs User account inherits the permissions given to the group.

Adding or Editing a Local User

This option enables you to add and edit a user account to this host. The following table describes the fields.

Group Information	Description
User's Full Name	Full name of user account
Username	Name used as login
Password	In conjunction with the username, a set of characters that allows access to this host The password must be no shorter than 5 characters and no longer than 72 characters. If you have changed the user's password, ensure you inform the user of this change.
Confirm Password	The password typed in this field must be exactly as the password typed in the Password field If the confirm password does not match the password typed in the Password field, either retype the password or define a new password and confirm it.
User ID (UID)	User identifier This identifier is unique to the user account. The ID must be a whole number greater than 499.
Home Directory	Ensure the home directory begins with a slash (/)
Additional User Information	Enter any additional user information
Login Shell	Select the Login Shell from the list of available shells from the drop-down list
Default Group	Select the default group from the drop-down list of available groups
Group Memberships	Groups to which the user account belongs Group names are separated by a comma. Do not include any spaces. An example: adm,daemon,root

When editing a local user, you can:

• Change the password

• Change the profile information, for example, the default group