Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Update 2 Administration Guide

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## To grant access to administration tools

Only users in the `asadmin` group are able to access Admin Console and the `asadmin` command line utility.

To give a user access to these administration tools, add them to the `asadmin` group in the `admin-realm`.

1. In the Admin Console tree component, expand the Configuration node.

2. Expand the Security node.

3. Expand the Realms node.

4. Select the `admin-realm` node.

5. Click the Manage Users button from the Edit Realm page.

   Initially after installation, the administrator user name and password entered during installation are listed in a file named `admin-keyfile`. By default, this user belongs to the group `asadmin`, which gives rights to modify the Application Server. Assign users to this group only if you want to grant them administrator privileges for the Application Server.

   If you add users to the `admin-realm` realm, but assign the user to a group other than `asadmin`, the user information will still be written to the file named `admin-keyfile`, but the user will have no access to administrative tools or to applications in the `file` realm.

6. Click New to add a new user to the `admin-realm` realm.

7. Enter the correct information into the User ID, Password, and Group List fields.

   To authorize a user to make modifications to the Application Server, include the `asadmin` group in the Group List.

8. Click OK to add this user to the `admin-realm` realm or click Cancel to quit without saving.

##### See Also

- To edit a realm

- To delete a realm

- To set the default realm

- Realms and file Realm Users

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