AMX NI-3101-SIG manual Adding a new Group, Modifying the properties of an existing Group

NetLinx Security within the Web Server

Adding a new Group

1.Click the Group Level link (from within the Security section of the Navigation frame) to open the Manage Groups page.

2.Click the New button to be transferred to the Configure Group Properties page (FIG. 39).

3.From within the Group Security Details section, enter a unique name for the new group. The name must be a valid character string consisting of 4 - 20 alpha-numeric characters. The word administrator cannot

be used for a new group name since it already exists by default.

4.Enable the security access rights you want to provide to the group. By default, all of these options are disabled.

5.From within the Group Directory Associations section, place a checkmark next to the directories (available on the target Master) to provide an authorized group with access rights to the selected directories. If you select a group directory note that all lower groups in that tree will be selected.

6.Click the Update button to save your changes to the target Master. If there are no errors within any of the page parameters, a “Group added successfully” is displayed at the top of the page.

7.Click the Back button to return to the Manage Groups page.

Any security changes made to the Master from within the web browser are instantly reflected within a Terminal session without the need to reboot.

Security changes made to the Master from within a Terminal window are not reflected within the web browser until the Master is rebooted and the web browser connection is refreshed.

Modifying the properties of an existing Group

1.Click the Group Level link (from within the Security section of the Navigation frame) to open the Manage Groups page.

The fields displayed when modifying groups are the same as those available when adding a new group, except for the Group Name field which is pre-populated.

The Administrator’s rights are not editable and its Select button is greyed-out.

2.Click the Select button (next to the selected Group name) to open the Configure Group Properties page for the particular group.

3.From within the Group Security Details section, modify the previously configured access rights by either enabling or disabling any of the available checkboxes shown within the Configure Group Properties page.

4.From within the Group Directory Associations section, place or remove any checkmarks next to the available directories to modify an authorized group’s directory access rights.

5.Click the Update button to save the changes to the target Master. If the modification of any of this page’s parameters has no errors, a “Group updated successfully” notice is displayed at the top of the page.

6.Click the Back button to return to the Manage Groups page.

Deleting an existing Group

1.Click the Group Level link (from within the Security section of the Navigation frame) to open the Manage Groups page.

2.Press the Select button (next to the selected Group name) to open the Configure Group Properties page (FIG. 39) for the particular group.

3.Click the Delete button to remove the selected group and return to the Manage Groups page.

If you are not logged into the Master, you receive a reminder message: "You must login before Security Settings can be changed".

Log into the Master and repeat the previous steps.

If the group is associated with several users, trying to delete the group might give an error notice. If this happens, change the group association of those specific users utilizing the old group and either

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