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• Start an SSH session. At the command prompt type:

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  $ su root

  • When prompted enter the 'root' user password.

• Use the command:

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  $ useradd {NAME}

  • where NAME is the account name to create.

• Use the command: 

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  $ passwd {NAME}

  • where NAME is the account name created above.

• Hit enter. Enter the password then hit enter again.

• You will now need to give this account 'custadmins' and 'suser' permissions. This will allow the new account to run the commands required to collect data. To do this enter the command:

  • For versions below 10.2 use the following command:

$ usermod -G 1000,1005 {NAME}

• • For versions 10.2 and above use the following command:

$ usermod -G 1000,1007 {NAME}

• Enter the command: 

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  $ chage –M 99999 {NAME}

  • To set the System Manager account password to: "not expire".

  • NAME is the account created above.
    

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