Dell SupportAssist Version 1.2 for Servers User’s Guide

You can grant elevated or administrative privileges to users by adding them to specific user groups on the system on which SupportAssist is installed. The user groups to which a user must be added to grant elevated or administrative privileges vary depending on the operating system on which SupportAssist is installed.

• If SupportAssist is installed on Windows, you can grant elevated or administrative privileges through one of the following methods:
  • Add the user to the SupportAssistAdmins user group. See Adding users to the SupportAssist user groups (Windows) .
  • Add the user to the Windows Administrators user group.
• If SupportAssist is installed on Linux, you can grant elevated or administrative privileges through one of the following methods:
  • Add the user to the SupportAssistAdmins user group. See Adding users to the SupportAssist user groups (Linux) .
  • Add the user to the Linux root group.