Getting Started With Users Tools

The first administrator to log in to the Solaris Management Console (SMC) on a specific server becomes responsible for setting up at least one account with the right of Primary Administrator (there can be more than one), and for providing specific rights to other users.

If you are that first administrator and, as prompted in the Login dialog box, you logged in as the root user, you should use the following steps to proceed. Your primary objectives are to create your own user account on this server (or modify an existing one) and to grant yourself the right of Primary Administrator. You will then be able to log in with your own user name, and have all the rights of the root user.

Begin in the left (Navigation) pane of the SMC by opening System Configuration and then Users.