NOTE: The procedure assumes that the user name during VSEL installation is specified as nails, and the group name will be specified as nailsgroup. To create a local user and group for use with VSEL:

1. Create a local nails group for VSEL.
   1. Log on to the Linux server as root from the console or an SSH session.
   2. Type the following command and press ENTER:
       
      #groupadd nailsgroup
       
2. Create a local user nails for VSEL:
   1. Log on to the Linux server as root from the console or an SSH session.
   2. Type the following command and press ENTER:
       
      #useradd -g nailsgroup nails
      
      NOTE: The -g flag specifies the group that the nails user should be a member of.
       
3. Set the password for the user nails:
   1. Log on to the Linux server as root from the console or an SSH session.
   2. Type the following command and press ENTER:
       
      [root@linux ~]# passwd nails
      
      Output:
      Changing password for user nails.
      New UNIX password:
      Retype new UNIX password:
      passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
      [root@linux ~]#