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Users and Passwords
The following sections explain how to create users and passwords.
Administrative (User) Security Levels and
Guidelines
If you are running the program on a system using the Solaris operating environment,
administrator security levels are automatically created during the installation process. You
only need to set passwords and assign users according to the desired permission
level.
Administrative functions require access logins and passwords to prevent the
possibility of one administrator reallocating or removing storage resources
belonging to other clients and hosts without authorization.
You assign separate passwords for the three levels of security for the program. You
do this by setting up three users on the agents that have storage devices that are
managed by the program. These three users are automatically added during the
installation of the agent.
The security levels must have these exact names:
■ ssmon
Represents the monitoring level of the software.
■ ssadmin
Represents the administration level of the software and provides access to the
Rebuild, Parity Check, and Schedule Parity Check functions, as well as
monitoring.
■
ssconfig
Represents the configuration level of the software and gives the installer direct
access to the configuration functions and all other related aspects of the program.
These login names are required for the three security levels. After installation, you
must assign a password to each security name.
ssmon, ssadmin, and ssconfig are logins that correspond only to security levels
within the program. For UNIX operating environments (Solaris or Linux OEs), the
default shell for these accounts is assigned to /bin/false to prevent the user IDs
from being used for interactive logins.
14 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Configuration Service 1.3 User’s Guide • June 2003