These topics describe basic management operations on users.
Select to display a list of current users, with a user panel
below it. The system displays the Name, Login, Email, Limit, Activity
(elapsed time since last user login, using the server host clock),
and Time Zone of each user.
- To create a new user, start entering properties in the user panel
when no user is selected. If a user is selected, click Add
User to clear the panel. Click Save when
you are done editing user information.
- To edit a user, click the user's name and edit the properties
in the user panel, and then click Save.
- To log out a user, click the user's name and then click Logout
User.
- To log in as a user without using their password, first log in
as root. Click the user's name, and then click Switch to
User. The root user can login as any user without using
a password. If you are currently logged in as a non-root user and
want to log in as another non-root user, you must first log in as
root.
- To free up a fixed license seat, first log in as root. Click the
user's name, and then click Purge Seat. The
console removes the user from the list of IDs counted toward the set
of fixed licenses. The user is also logged off if he or she is logged
in. For fixed licenses, the console counts the number of users who
have ever logged in. When the limit is reached, no new users can obtain
licenses. Existing users must be deleted or purged to make room for
another user. Purging a seat does not delete the user from the console.
If the user logs back in, the fixed license count is increased. If
used on a floating-license user, Purge Seat has
the same effect as Logout User.
- To copy a user, click the user's name and then click Copy.
The new user's name appended with the word "Copy" appears in the list.
Note: The
password of a copied user is reset to password. To
change the password, log in as root or as the copied user.
- To delete a user account, click the user's name and then click Delete.
If
Delete is disabled, a scheduled job is owned by the user account and
the user account cannot be deleted. If you want to delete a user
account that has scheduled jobs, you must first delete the scheduled
jobs.
The user record sets default properties for the user's experience
of the system and controls the user's login name, password, and
password expiration. The data for a user record can be entered into
the system through the Management Console, or it can be derived from
an LDAP/Active Directory database.
Note: When you edit a user whose record is derived from an LDAP database,
many of the fields on the User page are disabled. You must change
these properties in the source database.