Manually Creating a Running User

You need to create a special running user for the Ascend software. To manually create the user, perform the following operations.

The following describes how to create the HwHiAiUser user.

To specify another user as the running user, modify the inventory_file configuration file during the installation.

1. Create the running user HwHiAiUser.

   groupadd HwHiAiUser
   useradd -g HwHiAiUser -d /home/HwHiAiUser -m HwHiAiUser -s /bin/bash

2. Set the password of the HwHiAiUser user.

   passwd HwHiAiUser

The password must meet the password complexity requirements. For details, see Password Complexity Requirements. The password validity period is 90 days. You can change the validity period in the /etc/login.defs file or using the chage command. For details, see Setting User Account Validity Period.