How To Fix 5W542 - No authorization to create a user

5W542 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5W - Messages for PD (Particularly Workflow)

• Message number: 542

• Message text: No authorization to create a user

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5W542 - Details

• The SAP error message 5W542 indicates that a user does not have the necessary authorization to create a new user in the SAP system. This is a common issue that can arise in environments where user management is tightly controlled for security reasons.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the user attempting to create a new user does not have the required authorizations assigned to their user profile. In SAP, user management is governed by roles and authorizations, and specific permissions are needed to perform actions such as creating new users.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check User Roles and Authorizations:
  
  Verify the roles assigned to the user who is trying to create a new user. This can be done by checking the user’s profile in transaction code SU01 (User Maintenance).
  Ensure that the user has the necessary authorizations, particularly the S_USER_AUTH and S_USER_PRO authorizations, which are typically