Add/Edit User/System

The Add User/System screen allows you to map a user to one or more IBM i systems, set a password, and sync the User to a system. The Edit User/System screen allows you to set a password for the User and/or sync the user to the System.

     

How to Get There

In the Users window, click Add > Add User/System to add a User and map the User to a specific System. Or, to edit a password for an existing User/System mapping and/or sync the User, click for a User in the expanded User list and choose Edit Password.

Options

User Profile • System

For User Profile, enter an IBM i user profile you would like to sync to an IBM i system.

For System, select the system you would like to map the user profile to.

NOTE: The above options are not available when choosing to edit a password for an individual User/System mapping from the User Profile list.
Save Password • Password •

The password field is initially disabled. Click Save Password to enable or disable the password field.

Enter a password to apply it to all systems for the user being added or edited.

Click to show the password text, or to obfuscate the password text, replacing the characters with •.

Save and Sync • Save, Sync Later • Cancel

Click Save and Sync to save the user/system mapping. The Add User/System screen closes, the new user/system mapping appears in the list of users, and a sync is performed.

Click Save Now, Sync Later to save the user/system mapping. The Add/System User screen closes and the new user/system mapping appears in the list of users. A sync is not performed.

Click Cancel to dismiss the screen without making changes.