By default, user accounts and groups have all privileges enabled and have access to all pages, reports and computers.
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All information in this chapter applies to both user accounts and groups. |
Privileges
The following two privileges are available:
•Manage Accounts: Allows a user or group to create, edit and delete users. This should only be assigned to administrators.
•Manage Profiles: Allows a user or group to create, edit and delete profiles.
Allow vs Blocked
Pages, reports or computers can either be allowed or blocked. If an item (e.g. "Event Log Search") is added to the Allowed list, then the Allowed list will become active, and the user or group will only be allowed to access pages which are in the Allowed list - the Blocked list is disabled.
If an item is added to the Blocked list, then the Blocked list will become active, and the user or group will only be disallowed to access any pages which are on the Blocked list.
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If a user or group should only have access to a limited number of pages, reports or computers, then those items should be added to the respective "Allowed" list. If a user or group should have access to the majority of the web reports, but you wish to block certain pages, reports or computers, then those items should be added to the "Blocked" list. |
Pages
Allow or block any page in the web reports. Pages to which the user or group does not have access to (either because it's not allowed or because it's blocked) will not be visible in the menu.
Reports
Allow or block any report in the web reports.
Computers
Allow or block computers from results, this applies to all pages and reports.
User vs. Group Permissions
Permissions, such as allowed pages or blocked pages, are accumulated if a user is a member of multiple groups, or when permissions are assigned on both the user and group level. Blocked features (e.g. blocked pages, blocked reports or blocked computers) always take precedence over allowed features.
The table below shows how different permissions on a user level and multiple group membership are merged into the effective permissions:
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User Permissions |
Group 1 Permissions |
Group 2 Permissions |
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Blocked Pages |
Allowed Pages |
Blocked Pages |
Allowed Pages |
Blocked Pages |
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Blocked Pages |
Example #1 |
Disk Trends |
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Performance Trends |
Syslog Search |
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Disk Trends |
all others |
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Disk Status |
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Disk Status |
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Performance Charts |
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Syslog Search |
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Event Log Search |
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Syslog Search |
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Software Installed |
all other |
Event Search |
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Software History |
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Syslog Search |
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Software Installed |
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Software History |
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Example #3 |
Computer Dashboard |
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Maintenance Wizard |
Computer Dashboard |
all other |
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Database Usage |
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Effective permissions
