RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

15 • SETTING UP SECURITY• • • • •User groupiconUser iconTo create a new user group1. In the Users and Groups folder, right-click the User Groups folder, point to New, andthen click User Group.For details about options in the New User Group dialog box, click the Help button.To create a new user1. In the Users and Groups folder, right-click the Users folder, point to New, and thenclick User.For details about options in the New User dialog box, click the Help button.15 • PlaceholderWindows-linkeduser group iconWindows-linkeduser iconTo create a Windows-linked group1. In the Users and Groups folder, right-click the User Groups folder, point to New, andthen click Windows-Linked User Group.For details about options in the New Windows-Linked User Group dialog box, clickthe Help button.To create a Windows-linked user1. In the Users and Groups folder, right-click the Users folder, point to New, and thenclick Windows-Linked User.For details about options in the New Windows-Linked User dialog box, click the Helpbutton.Windows-linked accounts refer to existing Windows accounts. If you want to create a newWindows user or group, you must do so in Windows. For details, see Windows help.Setting up computer accounts for a distributed applicationFor RSView distributed applications, in addition to specifying which users have access toresources in the system, you can specify from which computers their access is allowed.You do this by creating computer accounts. Then, you can associate users or user groupswith a computer, or group of computers, when you set up their permissions.If you do not want to restrict access further, by associating users with specific computers,use the All Computers account when setting up permissions. This account is createdautomatically at the FactoryTalk Network Directory.For more information about:• setting up permissions, see page 15-12.• creating and using computer accounts, see RSAssetSecurity Help.15-11