Specifying UNIX Profile Information

Users: If the user will be accessing enrolled Linux systems (where the IBM Security Client is installed), you can specify any or all of the following fields:

  • Unix name\*

  • Uid

  • Gid\*

  • UPN\*

  • Home

  • Shell

  • Gecos

If you specify any Unix profile fields, you must specify Unix name, Gid, and UPN. For any fields that don't have a value, the service will automatically generate them for the user when the user first logs in to a Linux system.

Roles: If your users assigned to the role will be accessing enrolled Linux systems, you can specify the Unix Profile information, if desired. You can map a role to either a local group that already exists on systems or a new local group. You can specify the local group by going to the Unix Profile page and selecting Map role as a group on enrolled systems.

  • Unix name: This is the name of the new or existing local group. You must specify this field.

    Enter an existing local group name if you want to map this role to a group that exists already on your Linux systems.

  • GID: This field is optional. If you are mapping this role to an existing local group, be sure to enter the correct GID (otherwise the mapping won't work correctly).

In the Unix profile you can specify which set(s) of systems to have your role map to.

  1. Go to Access > Roles then select the role you want to map.

  2. Go to Unix Profile.

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  3. Select Add, search for the set or sets of systems you want to map.

  4. Click Save.