Setting User and Group Permissions
Authorizations are
access
control relationships
between non-protected
resources, such as users and groups, and protected resources, which includes
networks, workspaces, jobs, and devices.
Creating associations between non-protected resources and protected
resources can be initiated either by accessing the user or group and assigning
it a protected resource, or by accessing a protected resource such as
a network or device, and assigning a user or group to it.
The authorizations, or access controls between users or groups, and
the protected resources within Network Configuration Manager are always created within
User and Group Management.
Each user or group can be assigned a set of system, network, workspace
and device permissions. By design, system permissions are
global
to the application
and are implicit to all
protected resources in the application, regardless of those resources
assigned to the user or group.
Device permissions
however, are
explicit authorizations granted between a user or group, and a device.
Any device permissions override all other permissions, superceded any
network or system level permissions.
For networks and workspaces, default authorizations can be provided
that will apply to any network or workspace assigned to the user or group.
These permissions are assigned in either the default network, or default
workspace created for each user or group. Then, when a network or workspace
is associated with a user or group, these access controls with be automatically
created.
However, any network or workspace can be granted customized access
different from the defaults,
by choosing to
override the defaults
. No defaults needs to be
set if you choose to define the customer access authorizations for all
access to protected resources. Within users and groups, the four permission
levels are:
Each level provides the user with permissions that dictate what actions
the user is able to complete when using Network Configuration Manager. User settings
are indicated by checking options. When an option does not have a check
mark, the permission is not available to the user within the application.
To manage the permissions for users and groups,
- In the menu bar, openTools>System Administration.
- SelectGlobal -> User Management.
- ExpandUser Management, then selectSystem UsersorSystem Groups. All authorized system users or groups display in the right pane.
- Scroll the user or group list, locate, then click theuser or group name.
- At the bottom of the window, clickPermissions. The Access Control Administration - [CH1] window opens.

The left pane of the Access Control Administration - [ID] window is
an expandable tree menu. Within the tree menu are separate branches for
each permission level.
All device, networks, systems, and workspaces associated with the user
or group display under their respective branches. When selected, the permission
settings for each device, network, system or workspace display in the
right pane.