Privileges

The Privileges category provides status information about the server-wide user permissions that apply to the server. This section applies regardless of the type of server (Main, Standby, and so on).

With most types of server, you use the Permission Restrictions section of the Server Configuration Tool to configure the server-wide user permissions (see Define whether any Permissions are Restricted).

A Permanent Standby server can be configured to inherit its server-wide user permissions settings from the Main server (see Specify Whether a Permanent Standby Server Inherits its Permission Restriction Settings). When a Permanent Standby server inherits its server-wide user permissions settings, the configuration shown in the Permanent Standby server's Permission Restrictions section is ignored. Instead, the Permanent Standby server inherits its Permission Restrictions from the Permanent Standby Permission Restrictions settings that are configured on the Main server (see Permanent Standby Permission Restrictions Tab).

The status information for each Privilege is categorized under these headings:

• System—Indicates whether a privilege is enabled or disabled for every client that is connected to the server.
• ViewX—Indicates whether a privilege is enabled or disabled for ViewX clients that are connected to the server.
• Web—Indicates whether a privilege is enabled or disabled for Virtual ViewX and Original WebX clients that are connected to the server.
• Pick Menu—Indicates whether a privilege is enabled or disabled for the standard pick action menu for database items. The privileges apply to the standard pick action menu on ViewX and Virtual ViewX.

In addition to server-wide permission restrictions, database access is typically further restricted on a per User Group and/or per User Account basis (see Overview of User Account Security, and see Allocating Security Permissions). Users can only access features for which their User Accounts provide sufficient permissions and that are not restricted via the server's Permission Restriction settings.