6.1 Sentinel Default Users

This section discusses about Sentinel default users.

6.1.1 Native Database Authentication

Installer creates several users during installation if you use native database authentication (Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server). These users are all created as database users in the Oracle or SQL Server database, and the passwords are configurable at install time. The installer will create the users with the following default names:

  • esecdba: Schema owner

  • esecadm: Sentinel administrator

  • esecrpt: Reporter user, same password as the admin user

  • esecapp: Sentinel application user. Used by Sentinel Server to connect to the database

In addition to creating a database user for the Sentinel administrator, the installer also creates a Sentinel user with the same username and password for the Sentinel Control Center. For UNIX only, the installer creates an operating system user with no password set. To log in as this user, the UNIX administrator must set a password or su to the user as root.

6.1.2 Windows Authentication

If you use Windows authentication, the Windows administrator must create several domain accounts before the installation is started. The credentials for these accounts must be given during the Sentinel installation:

  • Sentinel DB Administrator: Schema owner

  • Sentinel Administrator: Sentinel administrator

  • Sentinel Report User: Reporter user, same password as the admin user.

  • Sentinel Application User: Sentinel application username for connecting to the database.

Windows Authentication users are supported only when SQL Server is being used and DAS is running on Windows.