HP SMH uses operating system accounts for authentication and enables you to manage the level of access of operating system accounts at an operating system account group level.

The users in the operating system group Administrators for Windows, or the operating system group root (which in turn contains the user root by default) for Linux, can define operating system groups that correspond to HP SMH access levels of Administrator, Operator, or User. After operating system groups are added, the operating system administrator can add operating system users into these operating system groups.

Each HP SMH access level can be assigned up to five operating system groups. The HP SMH installation enables you to assign the operating system groups to HP SMH. HP SMH will not allow adding an operating system group if the specified operating system group is not defined in the operating system.

The accounts used for HP SMH do not need to have elevated access on the host operating system. Any administrative HP SMH user can specify operating system user groups to each access level of HP SMH. As a result, all accounts in each operating system user group have the access to HP SMH specified in the User Groups window.

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NOTE: All user groups must exist in the HP System Management Homepage host system.

The Windows administrators group and the Linux root group have administrative access to the HP SMH.

For example, the HP SMH Administrator access level could be assigned the user-created operating system groups Admin1, Admin2, and Admin3. Any user that is a member of the operating system user groups (Admin1, Admin2, or Admin3) is given administrative rights on HP SMH whether the accounts have elevated access on the host operating system.

The User Groups page enables you to add user groups to HP SMH. The following levels of user group authorizations are available:

Administrator Group

To add an Administrator Group:

To remove an Administrator Group:

Operator Group

To add an Operator Group:

To remove an Operator Group:

User Group

To add a User Group:

To remove a User Group:

Related Procedures

Anonymous/Local Access
IP Binding
IP Restricted Login
Local Server Certificate
Alternative Names Certificates
Port 2301 and Autostart (Linux only)
Port 2301 (Windows only)
Timeouts
Trust Mode
Trusted Management Servers
Kerberos Authorization Procedure (Windows Only)

Related Topic

The Settings Page