Create Managed Account

Requirements

Linux Control Center = 2.10.X or higher

Overview

The Linux Control Center allows you to manage local accounts on Linux servers, enabling more efficient control of access to services and servers. This feature allows you to create a managed account in the LCC Console, which can be created on a remote server according to the desired sudo permission level.

Objective

This document aims to present the step-by-step process for using the LCC account management features.

Account Management

Create a Managed Account for Hosts

• To create an account in the LCC Console, follow the steps below; 1. Access the LCC Click on Accounts

1. Click on Create

1. Fill in the fields according to the needs of your environment.

Name: Account Display Name username: Account User Password: Account Password Shell: Defines which Shell the account will have when logging in BeyondTrust Functional Account: Defines whether the account will be defined as a Functional Account through integration with PasswordSafe in your environment.

1. Click Save

1. Click on the account that was created, where you will be able to see the account information as shown in the image below;

1. Click on Account Host

Add Account to Host

1. Click on ADD Host

1. Choose which Host you want to add the account to.

1. Choose the permission level to escalate privilege in Sudo

1. Click Save to add the account to the selected Host.

1. You can track the status of the Account ADD action in the queue by clicking on Actions Working

1. Once the Account ADD action is complete, a Photography action will automatically start to update the Host information in the LCC database.

1. To validate that the account was created correctly, access the Host on the Hosts screen and click on Accounts and the added account will be listed.