Creating a new user and adding the user to an MDM group

Use this procedure to create a IBM® WebSphere® Application Server user and then add that user to an InfoSphere® MDM group.

About this task

IBM Installation Manager creates all of the groups and an MDM admin user (mdmadmin) with the required rights and privileges. Use this procedure to add new users.

Restriction: In the event that the mdmadmin user has to be created before the installation (such as if the application server is set up and controlled by a third party and inherits all user accounts from a Federated Repository), then ensure that the mdmadmin password is 16 characters or less. Passwords longer than this will be truncated to 16 characters in the virtual MDM API before being passed to the application server for authentication. As a result, authentication will fail for virtual MDM clients.

Review the user accounts and groups topic for information about available groups.

Procedure

  1. In the IBM WebSphere Application Server Integrated Solutions Console (admin console), go to Users and Groups > Manage Users and click Create.
  2. On the Create a User page, type a user ID, name, and password.
  3. Click Group Membership.
  4. On the Group Membership page, search for groups with search key of ‘*’ and click Search.
  5. In the Available column, highlight the groups to which you want the user to belong and click Add to move the group to the Mapped To column.
  6. On the Group Membership page, click Close.
  7. On the Create a User page, click Create.