Creating users

You can create one or more users. The users are added to the registry and a login account for each new user is automatically created. When creating the new user, you can also add the user as a member of one or more groups.

About this task

If your configuration uses an ObjectServer as the user authentication source, user names cannot exceed 30 characters.

Ensure that all user IDs are unique across all user repositories that are defined in the realm.

Procedure

  1. Click Manage Users on the navigation pane.
  2. Click Create to create a new user.
  3. In the User ID field, type a unique name to identify the user. This user ID will be added to the user registry and also will be used as the login account name. For example, you might type dlucas
  4. Optional: Click Group Membership and then follow the steps in Changing group membership for a user to add the user as a member of one or more groups.
  5. In the First name field, type the given or first name of the user. For example, you might type Diana
  6. In the Last name field, type the family or last name of the user. For example, you might type Lucas
  7. Optional: In the E-mail field, type an e-mail address for the user. For example, you might type dlucas@tivoli.com
  8. In the Password field, type a unique password. For example, you might type d4lucas.
  9. In the Confirm password field, type the same password again.
  10. Click Create. If successful, a message will display that indicates that the user has been created. Also, the user ID and other user information will be added to the user registry, and a new login account will be created for the user.
  11. To create another user, click Create Like.
  12. Repeat the procedure until all the new users have been created.

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