sys

Default system user sys has the following characteristics.

User sys has first name System and last name User. In the base configuration, PolicyCenter does not assign roles to this user.

PolicyCenter requires user sys to exist. PolicyCenter uses this user to perform automated work such as running batch processing, messaging polling, and server startup. Each time PolicyCenter needs to do such work, it creates a session with the sys user. This is why there might appear to be many sessions with the sys user. Session in this sense is not a web session. Rather, it represents the authentication of a user.

Temporary system users

PolicyCenter creates system users in addition to the standard users who log into PolicyCenter.

PolicyCenter gives a designation of Temporary system user to an unauthenticated user session. PolicyCenter creates such sessions for login. By design, PolicyCenter does not associate a user with the login screen. The system_tools -sessioninfo command does not filter out this user. The Server Tools Management Beans screen does filter out this user.