Access Groups (A Groups)

An Access Group includes various Chromeleon users. Membership in a specific Access Group determines which objects (server, Timebases, Datasources, and directories) the user can access. Each user can belong to several Access Groups.

For example, the All Access Group can include users A, B, C, X, Y, and Z, while the Specials group can include only users A, B, and C.

The more different Access Groups that you create, the more precisely you can define access rights in Chromeleon. (For more information, refer to Software Installation and Communication  Access Control in the Administrator Help section.)

After creating an Access Group in the User Manager (CmUser program), the system administrator determines the objects the user can access:

a)  In the Chromeleon Client, the system administrator specifies the access rights to datasources, directories, and sequences.

b)  In the Server Configuration program, the system administrator specifies the rights to servers and timebases.

To assign access rights, select the object, and then select Properties on the context or Edit menu. In the Properties dialog box, specify which user groups are granted access to the selected object.

If a user belongs to an Access Group, certain privileges are automatically assigned to the user. These Privileges are defined in Privilege Groups.

  Note:

If the User Mode is disabled, the user has all rights but (s)he cannot access any section that is protected by an Access Group.