Assigning Rights

Each time a user attempts to access a network resource, the system calculates the user's effective rights to that resource. To ensure that users have the appropriate effective rights to resources, you can make explicit trustee assignments, grant security equivalences, and filter inherited rights.


To Grant a User Rights to Objects

  1. Right-click the User, Group, or Organizational Role object that you want to grant rights to, and then choose Rights to Other Objects.

  2. Edit the list of rights assignments, and then choose OK.


To Grant a User Rights to Files and Directories

  1. Right-click the User, Group, or Organizational Role object that you want to grant rights to, choose Details, and then choose the Rights to Files and Directories page.

  2. Edit the list of rights assignments, and then choose OK.


To Grant a User Security Equivalence to Objects

  1. Right-click the User that you want to grant security equivalences for, choose Details, and then choose the Security Equivalences page.

  2. Use Add and Delete to edit the list of objects that the user has security equivalence to, and then choose OK.


To Assign Trustees for an Object

  1. Right-click the object that you want to assign trustees for, and then choose Trustees of this Object.

  2. Edit the list of trustees, and then choose OK.


To Assign Trustees for a File or Directory

  1. Right-click the file or directory that you want to assign trustees for, choose Details, and then choose the Trustees of this File/Directory page.

  2. Edit the list of trustees, and then choose OK.


To Block Inherited Rights to an Object

  1. Right-click the object that you want to block rights to, choose Trustees of this Object, and then choose Inherited Rights Filter.

  2. Uncheck the check boxes for the rights that you want blocked, and then choose OK.


To Block Inherited Rights to a File or Directory

  1. Right-click the file or directory that you want to block rights to, choose Details, and then choose the Trustees of this File/Directory page.

  2. Under Inheritance filter, uncheck the check boxes for the rights that you want blocked, and then choose OK.



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