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Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager Express User's Guide
FUJITSU Software

4.2 Managing User Information

This chapter explains how to manage the user information in Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager.

This product uses a directory service as the repository of user information. The directory service is also used for user authentication.

The content of user operations carried out by the User Information Management command is reflected to the directory service created at the following location:

ou=users,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

User information is stored in the inetOrgPerson class. The user information stored for each attribute is listed in the table below.

Attribute name

Value

Remarks

objectClass

inetOrgPerson

cn

User ID

sn

Surname

initials

Middle name(s)

givenName

Given name

userPassword

Password

uid

User ID

ou

Tenant name

Stores the name of the tenant that the user belongs to.

o

Company or organization name

telephoneNumber

Telephone number

mail

Email address

description

Role

One of the following values is set according to the user role:

  • Dual-role administrator: administrator

  • Infrastructure administrator: infra_admin

Also, all users are registered as members of the IflowUsers group below.

Group name

Identifier (dn)

Object class

IflowUsers

cn=IflowUsers,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

Information

Requirements to use this product

In addition to users registered using the User Information Management command, directory service user entries that satisfy the following three conditions can be used as users of Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager:

  • A value is stored in all the following attributes:

    • cn

    • uid

    • sn

    • givenName

    • mail

  • The same value is stored in the following attributes:

    • cn

    • uid

  • The value of the description attribute is one of the following:

    • administrator

    • infra_admin

Note

Notes on sharing with another product the directory service used by this product

  • Ensure that the cn and uid attributes in the directory service have unique values, otherwise you will not be able to log in to the management console.

  • Users who have not been registered using the User Information Management command and users who do not satisfy the requirements to use this product cannot use the management console.

  • You cannot perform operations using the User Information Management command for users who have not been registered using the User Information Management command or users who do not satisfy the requirements to use this product.

  • Note the following when using users of this product on a different product:

    • Attribute values in the directory service are updated using the values you specified when updating, moving, or changing the password of user information with the User Information Management command.

    • Deleting a user with the User Information Management command also deletes the user entry from the directory service.

Users and Groups used by this product

This product uses the following users and groups contained in the directory service, and therefore should not be deleted. Also, the following users cannot be used by the user of this product.

User name

Identifier (dn)

Object class

Remarks

User for process control

cn=<userForProcessControl>,ou=users,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

inetOrgPerson

  • The user for process control is specified during setup of this product.

  • It is created automatically during setup of this product and deleted automatically during unsetup of this product.

Group name

Identifier (dn)

Object class

Remarks

AdminRole

cn=AdminRole,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

It is created automatically during setup of this product and deleted automatically during unsetup of this product.

swrba_Exe

cn=swrba_Exe,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

Role

cn=Role,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

IflowUsers

cn=IflowUsers,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

IflowGroups

cn=IflowGroups,ou=Group,dc=fujitsu,dc=com

organizationalUnit

Refer to the following manual for information on the users registered when building the ServerView Operations Manager single sign-on environment:

If linked to ServerView Resource Orchestrator

If linked to ServerView Resource Orchestrator, then use it to manage user information - refer to the following manual for details.