Security: Group Permissions

Group permissions provide a way to give access to a group of users who should have the same capabilities and access to the same destinations. You do not need to add user permissions for these users if the group permissions suffice.

When checking permissions for a user, EasySpooler checks user permissions before it checks group permissions. If it does not find a user permission definition for a particular user, it checks group permissions for the user’s primary group. If the global parameter enable_suppgrps is set to yes, it also checks group permissions for any supplemental groups of which the user is a member. If it finds a group permission definition that allows access to a destination or destinations, it allows access and ignores any group permission definitions that deny access.

Add Group Permissions

To add permissions for a group:

1. Click Admin on the main menu.

2. Click the Security menu option and select Groups from the second drop-down list. The Group Permissions window opens.

3. Click +Add group. The Add Permissions window opens for a group opens.

1. Enter the name of the group in the Group name field.

2. Click +Add permissions.

The Permissions Definition window opens. See Using the Permissions Definition Window for information about the fields on the Permissions Definition window. When you are finished adding entries on the Permissions Definition window, the Add Permissions window will be displayed with your selections.

3. On the Add Permissions window, to reorder the destination entries, use the sequencing icon to the left of the entries to drag them into the desired order to get the results you want.

Tips:

• If you have denied access to a destination, destination range or destination list, an exclamation point (!) appears to the left of entry. You will want denial access to be listed first because EasySpooler looks for the first match. If the denial access entry were listed after an entry that gave access to @All destinations the denial would be ignored.

• If you want to give a group access to only a specific destination, the single destination entry should be listed first. A second entry showing !None would be listed after the entry for access to a specific destination.

4. When you have completed adding permissions, click OK on the Add Permissions window.

4. Click Close on the Group Permissions window.

To change permissions for a group:

1. Click Admin on the main menu.

2. Click the Security option then click Groups from the second drop-down list. The Group Permissions window opens.

3. Click the select icon to the right of the name of the group whose permissions you want to change. The Change Permissions window opens.

1. Take the appropriate action:

   If you want to...	Then...
   edit any of the permission definition entries	Click the select icon  at the end of the appropriate row. The Permissions Definition window opens. See Using the Permissions Definition Window and follow the appropriate steps.
   delete any of the permission definition entries	Click the delete icon  in the appropriate row.
   add another permission definition entry for this user	Click + Add permissions. The Permissions Definition window opens. To define the permissions definition entry, see Using the Permissions Definition Window follow the appropriate steps.

2. Click OK on the Change Permissions window.

4. Click Close on the Group Permissions window.

To delete a group:

1. Click Admin on the main menu.

2. Click the Security option then click Groups from the second drop-down list. The Groups window opens.

3. Click the delete icon  to the right of the group you want to delete.

4. Click Close on the Group Permissions window.