Linux User Accounts

The following table lists the Linux user accounts that are automatically created during the installation of MX-ONE Service Node.

Table 1. Linux User Accounts
Account Name	Description
root	Indicates the root administrator account. This account is used to create additional Linux user accounts on the MX-ONE Service Node. The root administrator user is not intended for MX-ONE Service Node management.
mxone_admin	Indicates the MX-ONE Service Node administrator account. This account is used for MX-ONE Service Node management. The mxone_admin account should be used when performing maintenance by using the MX-ONE Maintenance Utility. Note: Use a separate user account with authority level 7 (unix group snlev7) for general maintenance tasks (add, move, change). This account can be created using the mxone_admin account as reference but will not have the same privileges as mxone_admin account.
mxone_user	Indicates the MX-ONE Service Node Manager user account. The MX-ONE Service Node Manager user account is used for logging in to MX-ONE Service Node Manager for installations not using MX-ONE Provisioning Manager. This user account is created only if the authentication method option is set to Linux during MX-ONE Service Node installation. Note: Do not use the mxone_admin account for MX-ONE Service Node Manager.

Authority levels in Linux are set using the snlev setting (snlev0-snlev7, where snlev7 has the highest authority). Linux users created during installation have authority levels according to the table below.

Table 2. Administrator Users and Default Authority Level
Linux User	Authority Level
mxone_admin	snlev7
MX-ONE Service Node Manager user (mxone_user)	snlev7

Which Unix commands that relates to a Linux authority level is defined in the /etc/opt/eri_sn/mdsh.conf file. For more information on commands and authority levels, see Commands in MX-ONE Service Node.

Note: The Linux user accounts created during installation are always managed using standard Linux user account management procedures.

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