Establishing platform user accounts

Platform user accounts are required to log into the Avaya IR system. To establish user accounts, use Admintool, a graphical user interface for managing users and groups on the system.

Note:
To use Admintool, you need to have an X Window environment, such as CDE (Common Desktop Environment) for Sun systems or Exceed for Microsoft Windows systems. If you do not have access to an X Window environment, you can establish user accounts with the Solaris command useradd and groupadd. For more information on how to use these commands, see see the Sun Solaris 8 System Administration Guide, Volume 1.

To establish user accounts on the Avaya IR platform:

1. Log in as root.
2. At the command prompt, enter admintool &

   The Admintool interface starts, as shown in the following figure.

   

3. On the Edit menu, choose Add.

   The system displays the Add User window.

4. Complete the Add User window with information about the new user and select OK.

   Consider the following points when entering data about the new user:

   • User ID numbers must be a whole number less than or equal to 2147483647. They are required for both regular user accounts and special system accounts. Although User ID numbers 0 through 99 are reserved, you can add a user with one of these numbers. However, do not use them for regular user accounts. By definition, root always has User ID 0, daemon has User ID 1, and pseudo-user bin has User ID 2.
   • When adding a user account, you must assign a primary group for a user or accept the default group, staff (group 10). The primary group should already exist (if it does not exist, specify the group by a GID number).

     For more information user ID numbers and groups, see the Sun Solaris 8 System Administration Guide, Volume 1.

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