#### To Grant Access to Administration Tools

Only users in the `asadmin` group are able to access Admin Console and the `asadmin` command line utility.

To give a user access to these administration tools, add them to the `asadmin` group in the `admin-realm`.

1. Expand the Configurations node.
2. In the Cluster and Enterprise profiles select the instance to configure:
   - To configure a particular instance, expand the instance’s config node. For example, the default instance, `server`, expand the `server-config` node.
   - To configure the default settings for all instances, expand the `default-config` node.
3. Expand the Security node.
4. Expand the Realms node.
5. Select the `admin-realm` node.
6. Click the Manage Users button from the Edit Realm page.

   Initially after installation, the administrator user name and password entered during installation are listed in a file named `admin-keyfile`. By default, this user belongs to the group `asadmin`, which gives rights to modify the server. Assign users to this group only if you want to grant them administrator privileges.

   If you add users to the `admin-realm` realm, but assign the user to a group other than `asadmin`, the user information will still be written to the file named `admin-keyfile`, but the user will have no access to administrative tools or to applications in the `file` realm.

7. Click New to add a new user to the `admin-realm` realm.
8. Enter the User ID, Group List and Password.

   To authorize a user to make modifications, include the `asadmin` group in the Group List.

9. Click OK to add this user to the `admin-realm` realm or click Cancel to quit without saving.

###### See Also

- To Configure Security Settings

- To Change the Admin Password