Visara Master Console Center Administration Guide - Manual (Page 134)

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Adding an Existing Unix User as a MCC User
Instead of creating a new login user for each MCC user (see Creating New Login
Users on page 132), it is possible to add existing users who already have valid
accounts in the OS as MCC users.
1.
Log in as root.
2. Open the /etc/group file in vi or other editor. Add the name of the existing
user to the ics group by putting “,username” at the end of the line starting
with ics, for example, “,JohnD”. Save and close the file. For Linux
systems, use appropriate administration to add the username to the ics
group.
3. Log in to a MCC administrator’s account. Create a MCC user for the user
name added in step 2. Refer to Creating a new MCC User on page 128 for
details.
4. Add the user to the appropriate MCC security group(s). Refer to Adding a
MCC User to a Security Group on page 129 for details.
5. If the user may run the MCC through gwcharcons, add the following to
the end of the user’s .profile file:
exec /usr/ics/bin/menu
6. The default .xsession for the new user is obtained from
/usr/ics/skel/.xsession. Add items in /usr/ics/skel/.xsession to the end of the
user’s ~/.xsession file if the MCC is required to autostart when the user
logs in.
7. If the user’s .xsession was edited in step 6, check the user can log into the
MCC from an X session.
For assistance with the steps listed above, contact your OS system
administrator.