Secure Global Desktop 4.40 Administration Guide > Users and Authentication > Secure Global Desktop Administrators

Secure Global Desktop Administrators

Users who occupy the Global Administrators role are Secure Global Desktop Administrators. Secure Global Desktop Administrators can configure any part of Secure Global Desktop using any of the SGD administration tools. Users who do not occupy the Global Administrators role have no administration privileges.

The Global Administrators role is an object in the Tarantella System Objects organization in the organizational hierarchy. The Global Administrators role object is used to assign users administrative privileges and to give them access to the administration tools.

Adding a Secure Global Desktop Administrator

You can use the SGD Administration Console or the tarantella role command to add new Secure Global Desktop Administrators.

To add a Secure Global Desktop Administrator:

1. In the SGD Administration Console, click the User Profiles tab.
2. In the navigation tree, click System Objects. The System Objects table is displayed.
3. In the System Objects table, click the Global Administrators role object. The Members tab is displayed.
4. In the Editable Members table, click Add. The Add User Assignment window is displayed.
5. Use either the navigation tree or the search to find the user profiles you want.
6. Select the check box next to one or more user profiles.
7. Click Add Assignment. The Members tab is displayed.

Alternatively, use the following command:

$ tarantella role add_member \
  --role global \
  --member mobj ...

Any user that occupies the Global Administrators role, gets the applications that are assigned to the Global Administrator role object. Applications can added or removed from the Global Administrator role object using the Assigned Applications tab or the tarantella role add_link command.

Removing a Secure Global Desktop Administrator

You can use the SGD Administration Console or the tarantella role command to remove Secure Global Desktop Administrators.

If no users occupy the Global Administrators role, then the UNIX system root user is given administration privileges. To add a Secure Global Desktop Administrator, you must log in as this user.

To remove a Secure Global Desktop Administrator:

1. In the SGD Administration Console, click the User Profiles tab.
2. In the navigation tree, click System Objects. The System Objects table is displayed.
3. In the System Objects table, click the Global Administrators role object. The Members tab is displayed.
4. In the Editable Members table, select the check box next to one or more user profiles.
5. Click Delete. A warning message is displayed.
6. Click OK.

Alternatively, use the following command:

$ tarantella role remove_member \
  --role global \
  --member mobj ...

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