This topic describes how to authorize IBM Director users. On Windows platforms, you can also edit access privileges for a global group.
IBM Director Console uses the operating-system user accounts for user-logon security. When a user logs in to IBM Director, the user ID and password verification process used by the operating system is used to validate the user's authority to access IBM Director.
| For i5/OS | Member of the IBM Director Administrators or IBM Director Super Administrators group |
| For Linux | Member of the diradmin or dirsuper group |
| For Windows | One of the following criteria:
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Users' ability to perform tasks depends on which access privileges they have been assigned in the IBM Director environment. A super user can configure a default set of privileges for the administrator group. A super user also can edit user accounts on an individual basis.