Stopping A Session On A Networked Multi-Media Unit - Honeywell Rapid Eye System Administration Manual

Stopping a Session on a Networked Multi-Media Unit

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5. Click Update security on the Security tab. See
on page for more information.
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6. Repeat and
step 4 step 5
7. There is no harm in leaving the account in the database, for archival purposes.
However, you do have the option of using Admin to delete the user's account.
Caution To deny access, you only need to update security at the sites the user
must not access. On large systems, this can save the trouble of running
multiple Maintenance Sessions. See
on page 141.
Unit
Ineffective Strategies for an Unwanted User
Caution Honeywell does not recommend the following strategies for dealing with
unwanted users. They are explained so that they do not produce a false
sense of security or are mistakenly used. For a correct strategy, see
Denying Access to a User of Your Multi-Media System
• Changing the user's password. For this to work, the unwanted user would have to first
refresh the Local database or quit using View. Both are optional acts, so this is not an
effective strategy.
• Deleting a user's account (instead of denying access).
This involves more steps than in the
this section. After deleting the account, you would still have to change the system
password (see
System Password
security at the sites that this user must not access, and communicate with your entire
user base, so that they refresh their local databases. This is not an effective strategy.
When unauthorized use of a Rapid Eye Multi-Media site is identified, you may need to stop
a user in the middle of a session.
1. Using Admin, click the Users tab.
2. Double-click the name of the user who must be stopped. The Update user dialog box
appears.
3. Either:
• Select the Deny access to sites option so that it displays a checkmark.
- or -
• Remove the account's rights by clicking the checkbox for each Right until each
checkmark is removed.
4. Click Save and Close.
5. Using View, start a
Maintenance Session
6. On the Security tab, click Update Security.
Rapid Eye DVR System Administrator Guide
Updating Security on a Multi-Media
for each site which the user must be denied access to.
Updating Security on a Multi-Media
Denying Access
on page 182). As a result, you then need to update
at the site where access must be stopped.
on page 212.
procedure at the beginning of
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