HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Users and Authorizations

Users and Authorizations


»	Table of Contents
»	Index


»	Notices
»	Introduction
»	Product Overview
»	Getting Started
»	Discovery and Identification
	Users and Authorizations
	»	Users and User Groups
	»	Toolboxes
	»	Authorizations
»	Networking and Security
»	Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»	Storage Integration
»	Managing with Tasks
»	Tools that Extend Management
»	Partner Applications
»	Reporting
»	Administering Systems and Events
»	Troubleshooting
»	Reference Information


»	Printable version


»	Glossary
»	Using Help

» User Configuration Rights

» Users and Authorizations Tabs

» Related Procedures

» Related Topics


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	Users that have been added to the central management server (CMS) are unable to view or manage systems until authorizations have been configured for them.


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	HP-UX and Linux-provided command line tools, such as ls and df, are run as root by default. For security reasons, you might want them to run as a specific user to avoid permitting unintended capabilities to a user.

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to configure authorizations for specific users or user groups. Authorizations give the user access to view and manage systems. Each authorization specifies a user or user group, a toolbox, and a system or system group. The specific set of tools that can be run against a system is specified in the assigned toolbox.

It is important that you plan what systems each user is going to manage and which specific set of tools the users are authorized to execute against the managed systems. A user with no toolbox authorizations on a system cannot view or manage that system.

Authorizations are additive. If a user is authorized on Toolbox1 on a system, and is also authorized for Toolbox2 on the same system, the user is authorized for all tools in both Toolbox1 and Toolbox2 on that system. Similarly, a user authorized for the All Tools toolbox needs no other toolbox authorization on that system since the All Tools toolbox always includes all tools.

Refer to these general steps as a guideline for setting up user names and authorizations in the following sections:

User Configuration Rights

HP SIM provides the following configuration rights:

Full-configuration-rights. Allows the user total control of the database. Users can run discovery of systems and data collection; define users and authorizations; set Cluster Monitor configuration; configure licensing and protocol settings; and create, modify, delete, and run reports, snapshot comparisons, tools, custom commands, events, automation tasks, and so on.
Limited-configuration-rights. Enables the user to create, edit, and delete reports (including predefined reports).
No configuration rights. Enables the user to view and run predefined reports on systems they have been authorized to view only. A user with no configuration rights cannot execute any actions to affect the system database.

Users and Authorizations Tabs

The Users and Authorizations tabs offer the following options:

Add, edit, and delete users and user groups, and view and print user reports. Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsUsers.
Add, edit, and delete toolboxes, and view and print toolbox reports. Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsToolboxes.
Add and delete authorizations, and view and print authorization reports. Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsAuthorizations.

Related Procedures

» Users and User Groups - Creating New Users

» Users and User Groups - Creating New User Groups

» Toolboxes - Creating New Toolboxes

» Authorizations - Creating New Authorizations

» Users and User Groups - Editing User Accounts and User Groups

» Toolboxes - Editing Toolboxes

» Users and User Groups - Deleting User Accounts and User Groups

» Toolboxes - Deleting Toolboxes

» Authorizations - Deleting Authorizations

» Users and User Groups - User and User Group Reports

» Toolboxes - Toolbox Report

» Authorizations - Authorization Report