# 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**

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1. Click on **Create**

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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**

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

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1. Click on **Account Host**

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### Add Account to Host

1. Click on **ADD Host**

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

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1. Choose the permission level to escalate privilege in **Sudo**

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

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

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

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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.

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