The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) uses operating system accounts for authentication and enables you to manage the level of access of operating system accounts at an operating system account group level.
The users in the operating system group Administrators for Windows, or the operating system group root (which in turn contains the user root by default) for HP-UX and Linux, can define operating system groups that correspond to HP SMH access levels of Administrator, Operator, or User. After the operating system groups are added, the operating system administrator can add operating system users into these operating system groups.
Each HP SMH access level can be assigned up to five different operating system groups. The HP SMH installation enables you to assign the operating system groups to the HP SMH. If a specified operating system group is not defined when HP SMH is started, the System Management Homepage Log message indicates which operating system groups are not defined.
The accounts used for HP SMH do not need to have any elevated access on the host operating system. Any administrative HP SMH user can specify operating system user groups to each access level of HP SMH, and then all accounts in each operating system user group have the access to HP SMH that is specified in the User Groups window. The Windows administrators group, the Linux root group, and the HP-UX root automatically have administrative access to the HP System Management Homepage. For HP-UX, only the root user is automatically assigned to the Administrators class; not every user in the root group is assigned.
For example, the HP SMH Administrator access level could be assigned the user-created operating system groups Admin1, Admin2, and Admin3. Any user that is a member of the operating system user groups (Admin1, Admin2, or Admin3) is given administrative rights on HP SMH whether the accounts have any elevated access on the host operating system.
The User Groups window enables you to add user groups to HP SMH. The following levels of user group authorizations are available:
Administrator. Users with Administrator access can view all information provided through HP SMH. The appropriate default user group, Administrators for Windows operating systems and root for HP-UX and Linux, always has administrative access. Operator. Users with Operator access can view and set most information provided through HP SMH. Some web applications limit access to the most critical information to administrators only. User. Users with User access can view most information provided through HP SMH. Some web applications restrict viewing of critical information from individuals with User access.
To add an Administrator Group:
Select Settings System Management Homepage Security. Click User Groups. In the Administrator section, enter a user group name. Click [Save Configuration] to save the current configurations, click [Clear All Groups] to clear the fields or [Reset Values] to cancel all changes.
To add an Operator Group:
Select Settings System Management Homepage Security. Click User Groups. In the Operator section, enter a user group name. Click [Save Configuration] to save the current configurations, click [Clear All Groups] to clear the fields or [Reset Values] to cancel all changes.
To add a User Group:
Select Settings System Management Homepage Security. Click User Groups. In the User section, enter a user group name. Click [Save Configuration] to save the current configurations, click [Clear All Groups] to clear the fields, or click [Reset Values] to cancel all changes.
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