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Manage user access

Manage user access

Owned by Ryan Drescher
Last updated: Jul 01, 2025 by Roger Merrill

"sudo nano /etc/sssd/conf.d/access.conf"

  1. Using an account with 'sudo' privileges, edit the access.conf file located at the path above.

  2. To give a user access to log in, add their NetID to the 'simple_allow_users' line. If this line does not exist, you can create it. The list of users must be comma-separated.

  3. Restart the sssd service:  sudo systemctl restart sssd.service OR reboot the system.

Use with caution. This will enable the user to make system-wide changes and should be reserved for users who have familiarity with a Linux command-line environment.

If the user is logged in, the user will need to log out and log back in again for the system to assign the privileges to their account.

"sudo usermod -aG sudo <netid>"

  1. Using  an account with 'sudo' privileges, run the above command, substituting in the user's netid



At this time, please submit a request to ischoolit@ot.syr.edu and we can configure this for you



NOTE: Only standard (non-administrator) accounts should be allowed interactive login privileges!



A separate "l-netid" account should be created for this purpose, and the admin account cannot be provided direct remote desktop access