Selecting Access Control Options; Setting The Action; Specifying Users And Groups - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Click Submit to store the new access control rules in the ACL file.
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NOTE
Repeat all steps above for each server instance you wish to establish access
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control for.
When finished, click Apply.
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Select hard start /restart or dynamically apply.
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ACL settings can also be enabled on a per virtual server basis. To learn how this is
done, see "Editing Access Control Lists for Virtual Servers," on page 206.

Selecting Access Control Options

The following sections describe the various options that you can select when
setting access control. For the Administration Server, the first two lines are set as
defaults and cannot be edited.

Setting the Action

You can specify the action the server takes when a request matches the access
control rule.
• Allow means users or systems can access the requested resource
• Deny means users or systems cannot access the resource
The server goes through the list of access control expressions (ACEs) to determine
the access permissions. For example, the first ACE is usually to deny everyone. If
the first ACE is set to "continue," the server checks the second ACE in the list, and
if it matches, the next ACE is used. If continue is not checked, everyone would be
denied access to the resource. The server continues down the list until it reaches
either an ACE that doesn't match, or that matches but is set to not continue. The
last matching ACE determines if access is allowed or denied.

Specifying Users and Groups

With user and group authentication, users are prompted to enter a username and
password before they can access the resource specified in the access control rule.
Clicking Revert will remove all of the settings you've just created.
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