Functional IDs

A functional ID is a generic account used for an IT asset. Specific to Scrutinizer, functional IDs are User IDs providing access to different areas and access levels within Scrutinizer.

The following functional IDs are included by default with the installation of Scrutinizer.

Application	User	Usage	Access Level	Description
Operating System
	root	Interactive	Privileged	Provides user root access to the operating system. User has unrestricted shell access, SSH and console. Some processes run as root (procmon, scheduler, poller) and some scrut_util processes when run by the scheduler.
	plixer	Interactive	Non-privileged	Provides user access to run all plixer services and/or processes. This is the Primary user for the Interactive Scrut_util utility.
	pgbouncer	Non-interactive	Non-privileged	Database load balancing
	postgresql or mysql	Non-interactive	Privileged	Database User
	apache	Non-interactve	Privileged	HTTP services
Database
	root	Interactive	Privileged	Provides full read/write to PostgreSQL/MySQL database for local users.
	scrutremote	Interactive	Non-privileged	Provides communications between remote systems.
	scrutinizer	Non-interactive	Privileged	Local DB connections
Web interface
	admin	Interactive	Privileged	Full access to management functions

Interactive usage allows a user to inherit all privileges that were granted to that ID. Non-interactive usage is used internally by the system only and cannot be assigned to a user.

Privileged access level is defined as an ID with elevated entitlements such as a system administrator or super user. Non-privileged access allows just the access level required for the intended functions of the ID.