Create an Operating System Account for Product Administrators and Users :: SAS(R) Decision Manager 2.2: Administrator's Guide

About the User Accounts for SAS Decision Manager

SAS Decision Manager provides two types of user accounts:

Product administrator

A SAS Decision Manager administrative user is specific to SAS Decision Manager. A product administrator account is not the same as a general administrator account, such as the SAS Administrator (sasadm@saspw). These users must have a valid host operating system account, and you must associate that account with a metadata user.

You must create the operating system account for the administrator as post-installation task. For more information, see Create Windows Operating System Accounts and Groups for Users.

Users of SAS Decision Manager

These users must have a valid host operating system account, and you must associate that account with a metadata user through SAS Management Console.

You can create regular user accounts for SAS Decision Manager as a post-installation task. For more information, see Configuring Users, Groups, and Roles.

Create Windows Operating System Accounts and Groups for Users

On the SAS Workspace Server, create an operating system account for the administrator of SAS Decision Manager (for example, mdlmgradmin) and all SAS Decision Manager users.

If the SAS Workspace Server is running Windows, use one of the following methods to create this operating system account:

If you are working on a local machine, complete these steps to create this user account:
1. If you are running in a Windows operating system environment, right-click the Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage. The Computer Management window appears.
  
  Note: If you are creating users on a server, you can use the Server Manager.
2. In the left navigation pane, expand the Local Users and Groups node. The Users and Groups nodes appear.
3. Right-click the Users node and select New User. The New User window appears.
4. In the New User window, complete these tasks:
  
  Specify a user name and password.
  
  Note: In Windows, you cannot enter <domain>\username (you enter the user name only), but you must enter <domain>\username in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Management Console.
  
  Clear the User must change password at next logon check box.
  
  Select the User cannot change password check box.
  
  Select the Password never expires check box.
  
  Click Create.
5. Click Close to close the New User dialog box.
6. If you want to add the users that you created to a group, perform the following steps:
  
  Right-click the Groups node in the Computer Management window, and select New Group.
  
  Click Add. Enter the user names, separated by semicolons, and click Check Names.
  
  Click OK.
7. Assign the security policy of Log on as batch job for each user or group.
  
  Select StartControl PanelSystem and SecurityAdministrative ToolsLocal Security Policy.
  
  From the Local Security Policy window, expand the Local Policies node and select User Rights Assignment. Then double-click the Log on as batch job policy.
  
  Click Add user or Group. Enter the user names or group names, separated by semicolons, and click Check Names.
  
  Click OK.
Define the user (for example, <domain>\username) on the Active Directory server.

Create UNIX Operating System Accounts and Groups for Users

You can create the SAS Decision Manager UNIX user group as a pre-installation or post-installation task. For more information, see Creating Operating System Accounts in UNIX Environments.