Authorizing IBM Director users

This topic describes how to authorize IBM Director users. On Windows platforms, you can also edit access privileges for a global group.

IBM Director Console uses the operating-system user accounts for user-logon security. When a user logs in to IBM Director, the user ID and password verification process used by the operating system is used to validate the user's authority to access IBM Director.

To use IBM Director, a user must have an operating-system account on the management server or the domain. In addition, a user must meet one of the following requirements, depending on the operating system running on the management server:
For i5/OS Member of the IBM Director Administrators or IBM Director Super Administrators group
For Linux Member of the diradmin or dirsuper group
For Windows One of the following criteria:
  • Member of the DirAdmin or DirSuper group
  • Administrator privileges on the management server or the domain

Users' ability to perform tasks depends on which access privileges they have been assigned in the IBM Director environment. A super user can configure a default set of privileges for the administrator group. A super user also can edit user accounts on an individual basis.

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