RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

15 • SETTING UP SECURITY• • • • •Selecting the Deny check box for an action denies permission explicitly. This alwaystakes precedence over allowing permission.For example, if a user belongs to two different groups, and one group is allowed to deleteapplications but the other group is denied that permission explicitly, then the user will notbe allowed to delete applications. For more information about effective permissions, seepage 15-20.You do not have to select the Deny check box, to deny permission to perform an action. Ifthe Allow check box for an action is cleared, you deny permission to perform the actionimplicitly.15 • PlaceholderTo assign permissions to users1. In the Permissions tab, click the User option for viewing permissions.You can also set up permissions by action. This means that you select an action, andthen specify which users or groups of user can perform the action.2. Click the Add button, select the user or group of users to add, and then click OK.For a distributed application, you must associate the user or group of users with a computer,or group of computers, before you can click OK.The user or group of users you added, should be selected (highlighted) in the Userslist, in the Permissions tab.3. Select the Allow check box beside the actions the selected user or group of users isallowed to perform.You can also select the Allow check box beside:• All Actions, to select all the actions that apply to this resource.• a category of actions, such as Common, to select all the actions in the category.4. If desired, select the Deny check box beside actions you want to disallow explicitly.5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each user or group of users you are setting up with permissions.6. Click OK.Any users that are not set up with permissions are removed from the list.For details about assigning permissions, see the RSAssetSecurity Help.15-15