Cyclades User's Guide manual Decision 4 Check User’s Default Permissions

Cascaded Devices

•If user jill is trying to access port 4 and the Generic User has port 4 in a list of ports with no access permissions, then jill is denied access.

•If users joe, jennifer, jordan, jolanda, and jezebel are trying to access port 4 and the Generic User does not have port 4 listed for any type of access, then their access request are passed to decision 4.

Decision 4: Check User’s Default Permissions

4.Does the user have a Default Permission that allows or denies access to the port?

•If yes, access is allowed or denied.

•If the user has no Default Permission, the user is under the Generic User’s default permission, and the request for access goes to decision 5.

Example for Decision 4

•If user joe is trying to access port 4 and he has a Default Permission that allows read only access to ports, then joe is given read only access.

•If user jennifer is trying to access port 4 and she has a Default Permission that allows no access to ports, then jennifer is denied access.

•If users jordan, jolanda, and jezebel are trying to access port 4 and their Default Permissions are under the Generic User’s Default Permission, then their access requests are passed to decision 5.

Decision 5: Check Group’s Default Permissions

5.Does the user belong to a group that has a Default Permission that allows or denies access to the port?

•If yes, permission is granted or denied.

•If no, go to decision 6.

Example for Decision 4

•If user jordan trying to access port 4 is in a group called windows_ca1 that has a Default Permission of full, then jordan is given read/write and power management access.

•If user jolanda trying to access port 4 is in a group called windows_ca2 that has a Default Permission of no access, then jolanda is denied access.

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