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# Set user credentials to start and stop servers

If you use the Node Manager to start a Managed Server, you must provide user credentials on the Configuration: Server Start page of the Administration Console. If you do not provide these credentials, the Node Manager throws an exception when it tries to start the server.

When you use the Administration Console or the Configuration Wizard to create a Managed Server, WebLogic Server adds your credentials to the server's Configuration: Server Start page.

If you want the server instance to run under a different WebLogic Server user account:

1. If you have not already done so, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Lock & Edit (see Use the Change Center).
2. In the left pane of the Console, expand Environment and select Servers.
3. In the Servers table, click the name of the server instance you want to configure.
4. Select Configuration > Server Start.
5. The User Name and Password fields contain values that you supplied when you used the Administration Console or the Configuration Wizard to create the server. To specify a different WebLogic Server user account:
   1. In the User Name field, enter the name of an existing user.

      The user must be in a role that has permission to start servers. See Users, Groups, and Security Roles`.`

   2. In the Password field, enter the password for the user that you specified.
6. Click Save.
7. To activate these changes, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Activate Changes.
   Not all changes take effect immediately—some require a restart (see Use the Change Center).

After you finish

Restart the server in order to use these credentials.