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[terry rose_1]

i updated some of the servers support pack to 7.2.i notice when you try to login it says that it is now control by os login (backward step?) i can now no longer login - due to the fact i have a ( and a £ in all my admin passwords
anyone else had probs with this
also as it's now defined by os password - i assume i can no longer sign in as admin , operator or whatever it was
how are these defined in the os and what rights do you need to get into the local agents

ie say i want bob the pleb with no rights but i want him to check jis local server through http://bob's server:2301

the server is os in question is 2003 standard. my netware ones are fine - they havent change

[Haridas · Accepted solution]

Yes. Supportpaq 7.2 lands new HP System Management Homepage (SMH) which is based on OS Authentication. There are two ways to login to SMH.

1. Local User accounts

By Default SMH allows OS administrators to login. So after install, you can login to SMH as "administrator" and "your OS administrator password".

To provide different rights to different users, You will have to create Different OS groups.

Create a usergroup for ex "smhoperators" in the OS. Add all the users who you think should be given only operator access, to this new group.

Similarly, "smhadmins" group for admin rights and "smhusers" for user rights. Add users appropriately.

Login to System Management Homepage as administrator. Go to "Settings->Security->user groups". Enter "smhadmins" in administrator group, "smhoperator" in operator group, and "smhusers" in users group. Save the configuration.

This way, You need not make all the members as part of local administrators.

2. Domain User accounts.

For domain users, You have to prefix the groupname / username with the domain name.

for ex. in usergroups page, you have to add mydomain/smhadmins instead of just "smhadmins". Then Login as "mydomain/myadmin". Same thing applies for operators and users.

If all your systems are part of a domain, then you need to create the usergroups in the domain controller. Add the usergroups in one SMH and then use HPSIM to replicate the settings to all other SMH.

If the systems are not part of a domain, then you will have to create the usergroups in individual servers and assign rights accordingly.

Cheers
Hari

[terry rose_1]

thanks for reply
will give that a go today