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Filer Administration Basics 2-7
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Adding multiple administrative users to a filer means you no longer need to share the
root password. Instead, administrative users access the filer, either locally or
remotely, with a unique login name and password. The filer records each user name
at login with a syslog message in
/etc/messages
, to enable auditing.
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Use the
useradd
option of the
useradmin
command to create multiple administra-
tive users on a filer.
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Using an administrative login name, you can access a filer through any of the follow-
ing tools:
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Filer console
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The
useradmin
command enables you to increase filer security by creating multiple
administrative users, rather than sharing the root name and password among multiple
administrators.
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You must be logged in as root or as an existing administrative user to use the
command.
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The user name is sensitive. It cannot contain any of the 15 characters shown in
Table 2-4.
The password should contain at least six characters, including at least two alpha char-
acters and one numeric or special character.