NetLinx Security and Web Server

Add Group Entries (Cont.)

OK/Cancel

Press OK to accept any changes made within this tab and incorporate the information into the target Master.

Press Cancel to void any changes made within this tab, disable the security configuration session, void any changes made to the Master, and return the user to the empty Security tab.

A User represents a single potential client of the NetLinx Master, while a Group represents a logical collection of users. Any properties possessed by groups (example: access rights, directory associations, etc.) are inherited by all the members of the group.

Security tab - Modify Group page

The Groups > Modify Group link allows an authorized user to select from a listing of available

groups (FIG. 38) and then modify the access rights for the selected group.

FIG. 38 Security Tab - Modify Group

Modify Group Entries

Feature

Description

 

 

Select New Group

Provides a drop-down listing of the available groups.

 

• Initially, administrator is listed as a default group. Thereafter, the

 

last group accessed is then always shown.

 

• As more groups are added through the Add Group section of

 

the Security tab, those groups appear within the drop-down

 

selection.

 

• The checkbox for each access right is populated when a new

 

group is selected.

 

 

Terminal (RS232) Access

This selection enables or disables Terminal Security Access for

 

the selected group (through the RS232 Program port).

 

 

Admin Change Password Access

This selection enables or disables the group’s right to change the

 

administrator’s user passwords.

 

Note: Once the Administrator’s password has been changed, the

 

default password can no longer be used to gain access.

 

 

FTP Access

This selection enables or disables FTP Access for the selected

 

group.

 

 

 

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AMX NI-3000, NI-4000, NI-2000 instruction manual Security tab Modify Group, Modify Group Entries