Enabling Security - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Enabling security

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
You can enable security by first creating a group with Administrator rights, adding a user
to the Administrator group, and selecting Enable Security.
Note
When the Administrator Right is selected, you do not need to select any other rights
because the Administrator Right implies that all other rights are selected.
1. Click Tools > Security.
The Security dialog appears.
2. Click the Manage User Groups tab and click Add. The Add User Group dialog
appears.
3. Select the authentication type. You can add a DS group or a group from the Active
Directory. To add groups from Active Directory, see
Directory on page 90.
4. Click DS Group.
Note
The Browse option is disabled for Local Group.
5. Type a name and description in the Add User Group dialog. Click OK.
The group name appears in the window.
6. Select the new group name and click Rights.
7. Select Administrator in the Rights dialog. This assigns complete rights and
permissions to the group. Click OK, and click Close.
8. On the main Security dialog, click the Manage Users tab, and click Add.
The Add User Account dialog appears.
9. Select the authentication type. You can add a DS user or a user from the Active
Directory. To add users from the Active Directory, see
Directory on page 89.
10. Select the DS User option in the Add User Account dialog.
Note
The Browse option is disabled for DS User.
11. Type the user name, full name, and password. Retype the password, and enter a
description for the user. Click OK.
12. Select the user name in the main Security dialog. Click Rights.
13. Click the name of the new Administrator group in the Groups window. This assigns
the new user to the new group with Administrator rights. Click OK.
Note
You can assign the user Administrator rights directly, but we recommend you to
assign users to groups. See
page 87.
Adding groups from the Active
Best practices for Deployment Solution security
Adding users from the Active
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