Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x User Roles and LDAP Usage Technical Notes

Superuser

The Superuser is the default user for setting up the system. The Superuser, which is only available in the local domain and cannot be an LDAP user, has all the privileges of all the roles.

Dell recommends using the Superuser role in the following cases:

• When setting up a new system.
• When there is no need to define separate or additional users.

The Superuser comes with the default username and password of admin/admin.

When a single Superuser is configured, the audit log does not track the activity of individual users logging in using the Superuser role.

Dell recommends disabling the Superuser after the system is deployed and other users are configured. This ensures that all users are associated with a specific person.

To disable the Superuser, from the SCLI run:

scli --disable_admin [--i_am_sure]

In emergency cases, you may need to override the LDAP authentication and restore the Superuser (admin) so that the authentication method becomes both LDAP and native authentication. To restore the Superuser, follow the "Reset the admin user password" procedure described in Configure and Customize Dell PowerFlex .