HP Neoview Release 2.5 Software - Manual (Page 103)

8 Manage Users and Passwords
About Users
The Neoview platform has several different types of users:
A person or application that can use a Neoview client, such as ODBC, NCI, or HDPM, to log on
to the Neoview database and operate on database objects. A database user can have one or more
database roles (each having a name of the form ROLE.name), which determine the objects to which
the user has access and the privileges the user has in relation to those objects.
There are two types of database user:
database user
A database user whose credentials (name and password) are
maintained and validated on the Neoview platform. Such a user can
log on even if no external directory server is running. locally authenticated
A database user whose credentials (name and password) are
maintained and validated on an external LDAP or Active Directory
server. Such a user can log on only if the external directory server
is running. Remotely authenticated database users must be registered
on the Neoview platform and assigned Neoview database roles. remotely authenticated
A person or program that has access to special tools used primarily for Neoview maintenance
and troubleshooting. A platform user has exactly one platform role (with a name of the form
HP.name, SUPER.name, or NEOVIEW.name), which determines the privileges that pertain to the
user. Platform users can also log on to database interfaces, but have little or no access to data. For
example, users in the role SUPER.SERVICES have no access to customer data, and HP.VTS can
be used only by the Virtual Tape Subsystem. platform user
For more information about users, see the Neoview User Management and Security Administration
Guide.
Related Topics
“Display All Database Users” (page 103)
“Display All Platform Users” (page 111)
“About Roles” (page 95)
Terms
database user
platform user
locally authenticated database user
remotely authenticated database user
Database Users
Display All Database Users
You must be a user in the role of ROLE.MGR or ROLE.SECMGR to display all database users.
To display all database users:
1. Log on as a user belonging to ROLE.MGR or ROLE.SECMGR.
2. Select the Security area. For information about how to select an area, “Select an Area”
(page 35) .
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