Creating and maintaining users for a stand-alone server

Traditional:
Use the Process Admin Console to create, update and delete users for a stand-alone server.

Before you begin

Notes:

To create and maintain users, log in as an administrative user, such as a user in the DeAdmin role. Do not remove the user or group assigned to the DeAdmin role. Only users and groups assigned to this role can administer servers and users.
To create users, you must have permission at the WebSphere Application Server level.

Important: You cannot create a new user using the Process Admin Console if a user was created in the past with the same user name. Once a user has been created using the Process Admin Console, it is kept in the BPM system. Even if the user is subsequently deleted, the user entry is not removed from the BPM DB and the internal authorization system.

About this task

The default user registry is the WebSphere® Application Server file registry.
When you add an administrative user during installation, the new user is automatically added to the tw_admins user group. Users in the tw_admins group can administer workflow servers, Performance Data Warehouses, and internal users and groups.

Important: Specify unique user IDs for every user in the following groups:

WebSphere Application Server Virtual Member Manager (VMM) user repository security groups
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user repository security groups
Internal Business Automation Workflow custom user registries

Restriction: A user name cannot have more than 64 characters.

Procedure

To create users:
1. Log in to the Process Admin Console as a user assigned to the DeAdmin role.
2. In the Server Admin area of the Process Admin Console, click the indicator next to User Management to list the available management options.
  Note: The User Management section in the User Management window displays only internal users, that is, users that exist in the file registry part of VMM.
3. Click User Management.
4. In the User Management > Maintain User Settings window, enter a user name, a full name, and a password.
  Passwords must meet the following requirements:
  - Must include at least six characters.
  - Must not be the same as the user name.
  - Must not be the same as the existing password.
  - Must be different from the three most recently used passwords.
5. Enter the password a second time to confirm it.
6. Click Add.
Note: After you create a user in the Process Admin Console, the full name will appear in both the first and last name fields of the Manager Users section of WebSphere Application Server console.
To update users by changing password or other account settings:
1. In the Server Admin area of the Process Admin Console, click the indicator next to User Management to list the available management options.
2. Click User Management.
3. In the User Management > Maintain User Settings window, enter a complete or partial user name in the Retrieve Profile field.
4. Click Retrieve.
5. Change settings as required and click Update.
To delete users:
1. In the Server Admin area of the Process Admin Console, click the indicator next to User Management to list the available management options.
2. Click User Management.
3. In the User Management > Maintain User Settings window, enter a complete or partial user name in the Retrieve Profile field.
4. Click Retrieve.
5. Select the account that you want from the Internal Business Automation Workflow Users list.
6. Click Delete.