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User Management with Web Console

RHEL web console allows to perform below user management tasks:

• • Create new users accounts.
  • Change their parameters.
  • Lock accounts.
  • Terminate the user session.

Adding New account in Web Console

Step  1: Click Account

Step  2: Click Create new account

Step 3: In the create account dialog box add the Real Name

Step 4: Enter a unique username

Step 5: Enter a password

Step 6: Confirm the entered password

(Note: it is always advised to keep a strong password)

Step 7: Click Create

Once created User Name will be available in the list of users. In case you want to give it Administrator rights click the newly created user and click Server Administrator Role , that will add the newly created user to the wheel group used for sudo users.

Setting Expiration for an user

Expiration by default is set to never expire but it is possible to change the value by following below steps

Step 1 : Click Account

Step 2 : Click Account name you want to set the expiration

Step 3 : Add the required password change days

Step 4 : Click Change

Terminating User session

Step 1 : Click Account

Step 2 : Click Terminate Session

If button is not active that means the user is not login to the system

Lock Accounts

Step 1 : Click Account

Step 2 : Click Select the account to lock

Step 3: Click Lock Account

In the next part we will understand how to manage storage using the Web Console.