Managing Local Users; Adding Local Users - Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Manual

Managing Local Users

This section is intended for sites that use the PowerVault NX3500 system to
manage local users. If your site is configured with an external NIS database,
you can skip this section.
Once local users are configured, they can access the cluster even when an
external NIS is introduced.
For local users, access to the file system is determined by volumes, shares and
exports.
To allow PowerVault NX3500 to use local user definitions:
1 Select System Management Authentication Identity Management
Database.
2 Select Users are not defined in an external user database.
3 For CIFS users, select System ManagementProtocols CIFS
Configuration.
4 In the CIFS Protocol Configuration page define the Authentication
mode to be Authenticate users via local users database.
5 To manage the Local Users list, choose System Management
Authentication Local Users.

Adding Local Users

To add local users:
1 With the Local Users page displayed, click Add in the Action bar.
The General tab of the Add User page is displayed. Enter the required
information.
2 Select the Advanced tab for additional and optional fields.
3 Click Save Changes to save the new local user information which will be
displayed in the Local Users list.
4 Click Revert to restore the previously saved properties.
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