User's Manual

Modifying Permissions
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Modifying Permissions
The Active System Manager software allows you to set permissions for access to a number of privileges,
such as making sessions, and importing and exporting files from the templates. There are three types of
entities that have permissions assigned and that can be managed using the Users and Groups tabs:
• Users—Can perform core Active System Manager functions, such as making sessions and working
with templates.
• Administrators—By default, administrators have all permissions that cannot be changed.
• Groups—Can be composed of administrators, users, and other groups. You can assign any number of
users to a group, and then set the permissions for the group. All users have those permissions, without
having to set them for each user individually.
Note Initially, the Active System Manager software is available with only one predefined administrator
(username: “admin”) with no users. The administrator often has the responsibility of preempting
sessions. To do this, you should log in as a user and create a separate user ID with user (not
administrator) privileges. This user should have permission to create and modify sessions.
You can set permissions for a number of very specific types of access. For example, for the Active System
Manager templates, you can determine whether users can create sessions or create functions with the Active
System Manager product. The Permissions tab is available on the New User and New Group dialog boxes.
With users or groups, you can perform the following tasks:
• Sort the permissions by clicking the Name field.
• Select more than one permission at a time by clicking the respective permission check boxes.
• Select all permissions by clicking Select All.
• Remove all permissions from a group or user by clicking Deselect All.
• Complete the desired permissions tasks by clicking OK.
To modify permissions for a user, administrator, or group, perform the following steps:
1. Open the Security Management window and access a user, administrator, or group:
• To access a user, see the “Accessing a User List” section on page 4-2.
• To access a group, see the “Accessing a Group List” section on page 4-15.
2. Add a new user or group as described in the following sections:
• To add a user, see the “Adding New Users” section on page 4-3.
• To add a group, see the “Adding Groups” section on page 4-16.
3. From the user or group list, select a user, group (or groups) to modify the permissions, and click Edit.
(You can only select one user or group at a time to edit.)
The User (username) or Group (group name) dialog box displays with the User or Group tab open by
default (depending on which type you are modifying).