Create GUI users and assign user permissions
You can create users who can perform different administrative tasks on the system. Each user must be part of a user group or multiple groups that are defined on the system. When you create a new user, you assign the user to one of the default user groups or to a custom user group. User groups are assigned with predefined roles that authorize the users within that group to a specific set of operations on the GUI.
Note: Only users with SecurityAdmin or UserAdmin role can
create a GUI user.
Perform the following steps to create a GUI user and assign user role:
- Go to IBM Spectrum Scale GUI. page in the
- Click Groups. The Groups tab lists all the user groups that are already available. You can either use the existing groups or create a group.
- Click Create Group if you want to create a new group. The Create User Group window appears.
- Type the new user group name in the User group name field.
- Select a role for the new group from the list of user group roles. For more information about the user groups and the user group roles, see Managing GUI users.
- Click Create. The new user group with the specified role is created.
- Click User. The User section of the GUI page lists all the existing users and the associated user groups.
- Click Create User. The Create User window appears.
- Type the name of the new user in the Name field.
- Select the user groups in which the user needs to be added. When you select the user group for a user, the permissions or roles that are defined for a user group becomes applicable to the user.
- Type the password in the Temporary password and Confirm password fields.
- Click Create. The user is created and added in to the groups that are selected. A GUI user with certain user roles and permissions is created.