Creating an Administrative User

If your system does not already have an administrative user, you must create one.

Before you begin

Security must be disabled or you will not be able to log into the system to create a user account.

About this task

Typically, if PASS is set up, you will already have an administrative user and you can ignore these steps.

Procedure

  1. Click the New button:
    Plus sign on a circle.
  2. Select New User.
    The Add User pane displays a User Name field.
  3. In the User Name field, type a log in name for the user.
    To obtain data from the Schedule Server, the user must have the same name as a PASS user.
    The log in name is case-sensitive and cannot contain more than 50 alphanumeric characters.
  4. Click Create.
    Users and Security is opened to the General tab.
  5. Type the user’s First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Email Address, and a Description.
  6. Optional: To ignore the password policy for this user account, select the Ignore Password Policy check box.
  7. Optional: Add a password to the new user account:
    1. Click the Change Password button:
      A lock sitting on three asterisks.
      The Change Password dialog box appears.
    2. In the New Password and Confirm Password fields, type the user’s password.
      Users are prompted to set a new password whenever their password has been set or reset.
    3. Click OK.
  8. Click the Save button:
    Diskette.
  9. Click Membership.
    The Membership List in the left-side pane lists the groups to which the selected user or group belongs; the Group List in the right pane lists the groups to which the user can be added.
  10. In the Group List pane, select the Administrators UI group.
  11. Click the < button.
  12. Click the Save button:
    Diskette.

What to do next

Re-enable system security.