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Users and configurations
When a user opens a session on a computer, they typically need to log in. When they do so, a
session is opened and customized for them on that computer (certain drive letters and network
shortcuts may be mapped, local and network printers may be made available, etc.).
Furthermore, local and network rights may be granted to them: the right to get documents from -
and to put documents in - local or network folders, for example, or the right to print on such or
such printer.
Local and network rights
Programs, such as PlanetPress Workflow and all their services, must identify themselves in
order to be granted permission to perform operations on the computer on which they run as well
as on other computers accessible via a network connection. On a given workstation, you can
configure your PlanetPress Workflow to use either the local system account or any specific user
account (see "Workflow Services" on page674). When you do this, you grant the PlanetPress
Workflow and all its services the same rights associated with the selected account (this is true
of all services with the exception of the PlanetPress Workflow Messenger which always uses
the local system account). It is important to note that PlanetPress Workflow and its services
require administrator rights to run on any given computer and that they must therefore be
associated with an account that has such rights.
When you are running the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program on a workstation, if it is
associated with an account that is different from your account, the following icon is displayed in
the lower right corner of the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program: . This is to draw
your attention to the fact that your PlanetPress Workflow may have rights that differ from your
rights, and that this application and its services may therefore not be able to perform some of
the actions you can perform when you create or edit a given configuration.
The simplest thing to ensure that rights are the same across your whole network is to create an
administrator network account especially for PlanetPress Workflow Tools. This will ensure that
the PlanetPress Workflow and all its services have the same rights on all computers and that it
is therefore able to perform all the actions defined it needs to on every computer on your
network. A less permissive solution is to create an administrator local account for PlanetPress
Workflow and to replicate it on each computer where PlanetPress Workflow and its services are
likely to perform operations, such as get files, store files, or run applications and perform
operations.
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