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How to

How to


Products: Automation Server, AS-B, Enterprise Server, AS-P, Project Configuration Tool
Functionalities: User Management
Product version: 1.9
12/14/2016

Assigning Path Permissions to a User Account

You assign a user account individual path permissions to overrule the settings inherited from the user account groups the user account is a member of.

Note:

  • To facilitate the administration of users and software permissions, it is recommended that you assign software permissions to groups rather than to individual user accounts. For more information, see Software Permissions and User Account Groups .

  • You cannot assign command permissions for an individual user account, only path permissions.

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​Path permissions are used to give a user account group or a user account access to the objects defined in the path. The permissions configured on a path apply to all path sub-levels unless you configure new permissions for the path sub-level.

For more information, see Software Permission Rules .

Example

A user has the full set of permissions: Read, Write, Create, Delete, Edit, and Force to the folder Building A. The user account group also has Read permissions to the folder Building B, but No access to the sub-folders of Building B. Therefore, the user has permission to navigate and modify the objects in the Building A folder, but only permission to view the objects in the Building B main folder.

 
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Path permissions in Building Operation

Path Permissions Example

A user account group has the full set of path permissions to the Enterprise Server and no permissions to the Servers folder on the Enterprise Server. A single user account has the full set of path permissions to Automation Server 1, but no path permission to Automation Servers 2 and 3. Even though the user account group has no path permission to the Servers folder, it is possible to give individual user accounts access to individual Automation Servers in the Servers folder.

For more information, see Path Permissions Example .

Context-Sensitive Path Permissions

You can manage permissions by configuring the permissions for a given user account or user account group to a certain object in the System Tree pane or List View and below that object, for example, a folder and its contents.

For more information, see Context-Sensitive Path Permissions .

To assign path permissions to a user account

  1. In WorkStation, on the Tools menu, click Control Panel .

  2. On the Control Panel toolbar, select the SmartStruxure server.

     
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  3. Click Account management .

  4. In the Domain list, select the domain the user account belongs to.

     
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  5. In the User Accounts list, select the user account you want to assign path permissions.

  6. Click Software Permissions .

  7. Drag the folder or object to which you want to grant the user account access to the Path list.

     
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  8. Click the path you created.

  9. Select a permission in the permissions column.

     
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  10. Click the Save button

     
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See Also

  • Path Permissions
  • Software Permissions
  • Software Permissions and User Account Groups
  • User Account – Software Permissions Tab
  • Assigning Software Permissions to a User Account Group
  • Editing the Path Permissions of a User Account
  • Removing Path Permissions from a User Account
  • Software Permission Rules