User guide

User Access Rights
Access rights indicate whether a user is allowed to perform certain actions on a unit in the
DSView 3 software system. See About Access Rights on page 163 for detailed information and
a list of actions that can be enabled/disabled for target devices and managed appliances.
You may assign access control rights from a user perspective. You select a user account, specify
the units for which rights will be assigned, then indicate the permission to perform the action
(none, allow, deny or inherit) for each unit. That procedure is described in this section.
There are other ways to assign access rights:
• From a user group perspective - see User Group Access Rights on page 281
• From a unit perspective - see Unit Access Rights on page 165
• From a unit group perspective - see Changing the unit group properties on page 245
To display a user’s access rights:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. Click on a username. The User Name window will open.
3. Click Effective Rights in the side navigation bar and then click All Units, Target Devices
or Appliances. The Target Device Effective Rights or Appliance Effective Rights window
will open. Columns indicate the available actions for the unit.
• Black check mark - The user has been granted access for this right.
• Gray check mark - A group to which the user belongs has been granted access for this
right.
• Black X - The user has been denied access for this right.
• Gray X - A group to which the user belongs has been denied access for this right.
• No check mark - No access has been granted or denied for this right.
The access rights display for a target device may contain information that appears
invalid. For example, virtual media access can be enabled to a target device that does
not support it. Similarly, virtual media access to a target device could be enabled but
KVM (Video Viewer) access may be disabled. See About target device access rights
on page 164 for more information.
4. Click Close when you are finished reviewing the access rights. The User Accounts window
will open.
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