Quick Reference Guide

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NMS200 Quick Reference Manual
User Groups
The User Group Manager lets you create user groups just as you create or edit users. The
detail panels display the name, description and whether the group is protected. Open this
manager from Settings > Permissions > User Group Manager. Initially, a Group is nothing
more than a name and a description.
Figure 2. User Group Manager
Click New or select a group and click Open to modify a group. You cannot delete some
groups; for example, you cannot delete Administrators.
Once created, however, you can associate individual users with groups, and grant
permissions to users based on their association with a group. By default, new groups have
no permissions. See Permissions on page 33.
Permissions
This panel appears in editors for both groups and individual users. It lets you configure
permissions (also known as “functional permissions”) for individual users which override
those configured for groups. The permissions displayed in this screen are only those for the