VBrick Systems ETV v4.1 manual STB Authentication, Add/Modify Users Resource Assignments

Add/Modify User's Resource Assignments

Users can be assigned to specific Resource Groups, and they will inherit the privileges of that Resource Group. If no Users appear, then none have been defined. Click on the Users section to add Users.

Add/Modify Group's Resource Assignments

User Groups can be assigned to Resource Groups, and the User Group will inherit the privileges of that Resource Group. If no User Groups appear, then none have been defined. Click User Groups in the main navigation to the left to create User Groups.

Note The remaining options for Resource Groups (beginning with Add/Modify Live Channel Privileges) are the same as those described earlier for individual Users on page 81. The only difference is that the descriptions will apply to resource groups rather than to individual users.

STB Authentication

There are two ways (STB IP address or user PIN) to authenticate and authorize Set-Top Boxes in the ETV Portal Server. STB access control is slightly different from PC and Macintosh-based authentication (which uses the commonly employed User Name and Password mechanism). The two methods are outlined in the table below.

Table 12. Authentication Methods

Method	Description	User Interaction	Comment
User PIN	If Access Control is	When the user logs	This implementation is appropriate
	enabled, but the STB is	into the system, they	for environments where multiple
	not defined in the system,	will be prompted for	users with different privileges will
	then Access Control	their PIN. The user	be accessing the same STB. An
	works based on a user	simply enters the PIN	example of this would be a shared
	PIN. This PIN is defined	with the remote	classroom where multiple teachers
	on a per user (not per STB)	control or the wireless	are accessing the STB at different
	basis, so that users need to	keyboard, and can	times.
	be defined for this to	then access the video.
	work.
STB IP	The ETV Portal Server	No user interaction is	This implementation is similar to a
Address or	system determines the	required. The user	cable TV setup, e.g. if the cable
Host Name	content that the STB can	simply turns on the	plan does not include CNN, that
	view based on its IP	STB and only the	channel cannot be viewed. This
	Address or Host Name.	content that the STB	implementation is easiest for end
		user can view id	users because you do not have to
		displayed.	remember user names or PINs. It is
			appropriate for environments
			where one or a few people with the
			same privileges access the same
			STB.

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