Zenworks Administrator Accounts; Creating An Administrator Account - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

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During installation, a default Administrator account is created. This account provides rights to
administer all of your Novell
You can create additional administrator accounts that provide full access to your ZENworks system.
You can also create accounts that limit administrative rights to specific device folders, policy
folders, bundle folders, and report folders.
You can use the ZENworks Control Center or the zlman command line utility to create and modify
administrator accounts. The following procedures explain how to perform these tasks using the
ZENworks Control Center. If you prefer the zlman command line utility, see the Administrator
Commands section of zlman (1) (page
The following sections provide information to help you create administrator accounts and manage
administrator rights:
Section 8.1, "Creating an Administrator Account," on page 81
Section 8.2, "Modifying Account Rights," on page 82

8.1 Creating an Administrator Account

1 Log in to the ZENworks Control Center using an administrator account that has rights to create
other administrator accounts.
The default account, Administrator, has rights to create additional accounts.
2 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.
The Administrators section of the Configuration page lists the current accounts.
3 In the Administrators list, click New to display the Add new Administrator dialog box.
4 Provide a username and password for the account, then click OK to add the account to the
Administrators list.
The administrator can change the password the first time he or she logs in by clicking the key
icon located next to the Logout link in the upper-right corner of the ZENworks Control Center.
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