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How do I assign a designated user as "Administrator" using PCM Web GUI?

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Question

How do I assign a designated user as "Administrator" using PCM Web GUI? Error message, "Invalid login credentials. Users are required to have system administrator access to login. Try logging in as an administrator."

Cause

After initial installation, you can use "root" to log in to the PCM web portal, however, in common practice you cannot allow root direct system access. If you try to log in to the PCM web portal using a normal user account, including the privileged user accounts with required sudo settings, you will receive an error messages like the following example.

Example error message:
"Invalid login credentials. Users are required to have system administrator access to login. Try logging in as an administrator."

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 > Administering > User Management > User Roles
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV85_4.2.1/system/users_roles.html?lang=en
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A system administrator is the person who controls and manages the system. In Platform Cluster Manager the system administrator has access to the Web Portal, and can manage the system from the Web Portal and from the command-line interface.

A user is the person who uses the services of the system. A user does not have access to the Web Portal, but they can ssh into a compute no
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Answer

To assign the "Administrator" role to a designated user:
1. Log in to the PCM WEB GUI with a "System Administrator" user (by default "root").
2. Navigate to "System & Settings" > "User Assignments".
3. Select the specific user by checking the user check box.
4. Click the [Apply] button.

Related Information

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 September 2018

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