Managing user accounts

Use the User Administration tool to set up and administer users and user groups. Rational® ClearQuest® stores information about users and user groups in the user database and schema repository.

You can access the User Administration tool from the Designer or from Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational® ClearQuest® > Rational® ClearQuest® User Administration.

Use the User Administration tool to perform these tasks:

• Create new users and user groups and add users to user groups.
• Specify whether the user is authenticating with LDAP or Rational® ClearQuest®.
• Assign privileges to users and user groups that define the tasks they can perform within Rational® ClearQuest® client and the Designer. You can also restrict user and group access to specific actions by adding an access-control hook to the action.
• Control the data that users and groups can access by giving them access to specific databases.
• Export user data and import it into another schema repository.

To administer users and user groups, you must have User Administrator privileges. The Designer includes a default user name, admin, that you can use to get started. When you first install Rational® ClearQuest®, you can log in using the admin account without a password. The admin account includes the Super User privileges that you need to perform many administrative functions.