Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating Systems - Dell External OEMR 850 User Manual

Creating Users
NOTE:
For questions about creating users and assigning user group privileges or for more detailed instructions,
see your operating system documentation.
Creating Users With User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d < home-directory > -g < group > < username >
where < group > is not root.
NOTE:
If <group>
2 Type passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTICE:
You must assign a password to every user account that can access Server Administrator to protect
access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with User group privileges.
Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1 Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d < home-directory > -g root < username >
NOTE:
You must set
2 Type passwd < username > and press <Enter>.
3 When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
NOTICE:
You must assign a password to every user account that can access Server Administrator to protect
access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Server Administrator with Power User group privileges.
Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in Supported
Windows Operating Systems
NOTE:
You must be logged in with Admin privileges to perform this procedure.
1 If your system is running Windows Server 2003, click the Start button, right-click My Computer, and
point to Manage. If your system is running Windows 2000, right-click My Computer and point to Manage.
2 In the console tree, expand Local Users and Groups and click Users.
3 Click the Guest or IUSR_system name user account.
4 Click Action and point to Properties.
5 Select Account is disabled and click OK.
A red circle with an X appears over the user name. The account is disabled.
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does not exist, you must create it by using the groupadd command.
root as the primary group.