Security Administration

The Security page enables you to set user permissions for individual users or user groups.

To display the page, click Administration > Security.

The Security Administration page enables you to do the following:

• Click Reset to return all the permissions for the selected user or group to their defaults.
• Click Report to generate a Summary Report, or Current User or Group Report.
• Click Domain Mappings to specify the domain name mappings to use.
• Click Domain Groups to specify the domain groups to use.
• Select Administrators always have full access to allow all Administrator users to have full access.
• Select Current user or group always has access via full trust to allow the current user or group to have access though full trust.
• Click Select to choose a new user or group, then do the following:
  • Click User or Group.
  • Click Location to select a new server.
  • Type a user or group name. To search for a name, type wildcard characters in the text box, then click Check Name.
• Click Allow All to select all the permissions in the list for the user or group.
• Click Allow None to clear all the permissions currently selected in the list for the user or group.
• Select individual permissions to add access for the selected user or group. The symbol next to the check box indicates the status of the permission for the selected user or group:
  • Access is allowed through group membership.
  • Access is allowed through full trust.
  • Access is being determined.
• Click [Monitor Group] Group Access to display each Monitor Group associated with the [Monitor Group] Group Access permission. The list appears to the right of the Permissions list. You can add access to the selected user or group for each Monitor Group individually, or you can add access for all the groups.
• Click [Metric] Metric Access to display each Metric associated with the [Metric] Metric Access permission. The list appears to the right of the Permissions list. You can add access to the selected user or group for each Metric individually, or you can add access for all the Metrics.
• Click [Monitor] Monitor Access to display each Monitor associated with the [Monitor] Monitor Access Permission. The list appears to the right of the Permissions list. You can add access to the selected user or group for each Monitor individually, or you can add access for all the Monitors.
• Click [Monitor] Monitor Administration Access to display each Monitor associated with the [Monitor] Monitor Administration Access permission. The list appears to the right of the Permissions list. You can add access to the selected user or group for each Monitor individually, or you can add access for all the Monitors.