Security Configuration dialog box

Use the Security Configuration dialog box to define the type of access users and groups have to areas of the Output Manager Console, destinations, sources, and documents. How you open the dialog box, determines the type of permissions you are assigning.

• OM Console permissions — From the Output Manager Console menu bar, select Tools > Configure Security. This will allow you to define the type of access users and groups have to areas of the Output Manager Console. For example, you can assign permissions so that certain users can access the Destinations, Sources, and Documents applications, but are restricted from the Administration application.
• Destination permissions — In the Destinations navigation pane, right-click the appropriate destination or group and click Security. This will allow you to define the type of access users and groups have to destinations and destination groups. For example, you can assign permissions on destinations so that certain users can configure the destination and other users can only print to it.
• Source permissions — In the Sources navigation pane, right-click the appropriate source or group and click Security. This will allow you to define the type of access users and groups have to sources and source groups. For example, you can assign permissions on sources so that certain users can configure the source and other users can only view it.
• Document folder permissions — In the Documents navigation pane, right-click the appropriate document folder and click Security. This will allow you to define the type of access users and groups have to documents within document folders. For example, you can assign permissions on document folders so that certain users can only view the list documents in a folder and other users can view each document.
• Report permissions — In the Reports navigation pane, right-click the appropriate report or folder and click Security. This will allow you to define the type of access users and groups have to reports and report folders. For example, you can assign permissions on reports so that certain users can edit the report and other users can only view it.

Inherit permissions from the parent (for destinations, sources, and document folders)

When a destination, source, or document folder is created, it automatically inherits permissions from its parent object. You can assign additional permissions to inherited permissions, but you cannot selectively clear inherited permissions.

To remove inheritance for an object, you can click the browse (...) button to open the Security Configuration - Change inheritance dialog box and then choose the Do not inherit option in the drop-down list. At the time that you choose this option, you can choose to Copy permissions from the parent. This allows you to use the previously inherited settings as the basis for configuring permissions for the object. Removing inheritance for an object will affect all of its descendant objects.

It is good practice to assign permissions using inheritance, as it allows administrators to easily assign and manage permissions for many different descendant objects. Blocking inheritance should only be used to limit access to selected users or to configure special settings for a particular object.

Users and groups with permissions

Lists the users and groups who have permissions assigned to them for the Output Manager Console. The permissions for the selected item are displayed in the Assigned permissions list.

Add button

Adds a user or group to the dialog box so that you can assign permissions to the user or group. This opens the User and Group Selection dialog box. You can add an Output Manager user, an LDAP user, or Windows user or group.

Remove button

Removes the selected user or group. Removing the user or group will remove all assigned permissions, but it will not remove the user or group from Output Manager. When you remove a user or group from an object, it will still retain any inherited permission that are assigned to it for an ancestor in the object hierarchy.

Assigned permissions

Lists the permissions that can be assigned to the selected user or group. The type of security being configured determines the permissions that display. To view the permissions, see User or Group Permissions.

Select All button

Selects all permissions for the selected user or group.

Unselect All button

Removes all permissions from the selected user or group.