ZENworks® 6.6.2 Linux Management includes a more complex permissions and security mechanism than in previous versions. The new mechanism is based on three levels of access: Grant, Modify, and View:
The first administrator created is an organization administrator. This administrator is created during the initialization process during installation.
This administrator can grant organization administrator status to other administrator accounts, and receives all permissions for all objects in the organization, regardless of the permissions settings.
For multiple-organization deployments, a superadministrator account can be created, which is equivalent to organization administrator status in all organizations.
Permissions can be granted for different portions of the organization, which are represented by the following objects: administrator accounts, channels, groups, machines, packages, and activations.
Some operations require access to multiple objects. In these circumstances, an administrator must have appropriate permissions for both objects. For example, if Anne wants to have John administer channel A, she must have Grant permission for the channel, and Modify permission on John's account.
E-mail notifications enable you to receive e-mail notification of transactions performed by a machine, or by a machine group. You can be notified of all transactions, or notified of failed transactions only.
The return address for notifications is set my modifying the server_contact parameter in rcserver.conf.