Add trusted users in a standalone environment

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Add trusted users to allow them to perform update operations on a protected system.

  • Run this command at the command prompt.

    sadmin updaters add –u <username>

    Argument

    Description

    -u

    Specify the –u argument to add a user as a trusted user. All update operations by the specified user name are allowed.

    You can add these types of user names as trusted users.

    • Simple name

      For example john_smith.

      sadmin updaters add –u john_smith

    • Domain name

      For example john_smith@mycompany.

      sadmin updaters add –u john_smith@mycompany

    • Hierarchical domain name (domain name\user name)

      For example mydomain\john_smith.

      sadmin updaters add –u mydomain\john_smith

    • Hierarchical local group name (local group name\user name)

      For example mylocalGroup\john_smith.

      sadmin updaters add –u mylocalGroup\john_smith.

    Note

    When you specify the –u argument, other arguments supported for sadmin updaters add command, such as -l, -p, -d, and –n are not applicable.

    -t

    Specify the –t argument to add a user with a tag name as an updater. Tag name is an identification label which is present in the logs for all files processed by this rule.

    sadmin updaters add –t <tagname> –u <username>

    sadmin updaters add –t McAfee001 -u john_smith