Configuring Local Users Using Racadm - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

Configuring Local Users Using RACADM

NOTE: You must be logged in as user root to execute RACADM commands on a remote Linux system.
You can configure single or multiple iDRAC7 users using RACADM.
To configure multiple iDRAC7 users with identical configuration settings, perform one of the following procedures:
• Use the RACADM examples in this section as a guide to create a batch file of RACADM commands and then execute
the batch file on each managed system.
• Create the iDRAC7 configuration file and execute the racadm config or racadm set subcommand on each managed
system using the same configuration file.
If you are configuring a new iDRAC7 or if you have used the racadm racresetcfg command, the only current user is
root with the password calvin. The racresetcfg subcommand resets the iDRAC7 to the default values.
NOTE: Users can be enabled and disabled over time. As a result, a user may have a different index number on each
iDRAC7.
To verify if a user exists, type one of following command at the command prompt:
• Using config command: racadm getconfig -u <username>
• Using get command: racadm get —u <username>
OR
Type the following command once for each index (1–16):
• Using config command: racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i <index>
• Using get command: racadm get iDRAC.Users.<index>.UserName
NOTE: You can also type racadm getconfig -f <myfile.cfg> or racadm get -f
<myfile.cfg> and view or edit the myfile.cfg file, which includes all iDRAC7 configuration parameters.
Several parameters and object IDs are displayed with their current values. The objects of importance are:
• If you have used getconfig command:
# cfgUserAdminIndex=XX
cfgUserAdminUserName=
• If you have used get command:
iDRAC.Users.UserName=
If the cfgUserAdminUserName object has no value, that index number, which is indicated by the cfgUserAdminIndex
object, is available for use. If a name is displayed after the "=", that index is taken by that user name.
When you manually enable or disable a user with the racadm config subcommand, you
option.
Observe that the cfgUserAdminIndex object displayed in the previous example contains a '#' character. It indicates that
it is a read-only object. Also, if you use the racadm config -f racadm.cfg command to specify any number of groups/
objects to write, the index cannot be specified. This behavior allows more flexibility in configuring multiple iDRAC7 with
the same settings.
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must specify the index with the -i