Defining Enterprise Server Instance Administrators

This topic describes how to set up the users who can access Enterprise Server administration, and set the appropriate permissions for those users.

The default security access configuration depends on how your system is set up. A system can be set up with or without the special user mfuser defined:

• If mfuser is not defined, by default all users can perform any action.

  For an installation used for development, we recommend that you do not configure an mfuser.

• If mfuser is defined, the default security level is the same as that defined for mfuser.

  For an installation used for production, we recommend that you do configure an mfuser, and give mfuser only minimum privileges.

You create user names, passwords, and set permissions using the Users page.

You can see which administrators are currently set up by accessing the ESMAC screen and clicking Users. This displays the Users page, which lists all users. Click Details on the Users page to get detailed information on a user's permissions.

If you do not have the required read or update permissions, the options available to you in ESMAC are limited. You can only:

• View server information. See the section Server Information for details.
• Monitor the performance. See the section Monitoring Services for details.
• View environment variables. See the section Environment Variables for information.
• Change to a different user.