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Appendix D
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Account
Enter a different word not related to the password, up to 6 characters. It
could be a descriptive word or name or initials of the person or department
using that password. This is what shows up when doing an MMI TA. It is
recommended that the account name be different from the password. The
ACCOUNT in PASSWORDFM is the same as the SIGNON NAME in the
SIGNON (XMENU) record in the menu generator (MG500). See the
illustration below.
PASSWORDFM
Rev 6.1
Password..: FLY
Account...: INVCON
User Name.: INVENTORY CONTROL
User Level: 6
etc.
MG500 - XSECUR FILE MAINTENANCE
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User Name:
Enter a user name that defines the function of this password up to 15
characters, like POS for Point of Sale. This field is not used by the system
nor is it displayed at any time other than here in password maintenance and
on the password report.
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User Level:
This field determines the relative level of the user signed on to this password.
The highest level is 7 which should only be used for actual system passwords
and the password used to maintain the password file. Dimensions software
contains some security features tied to the user level. They are:
a. Level 6
b. Levels 4 & 5
c. Less than level 4
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Maintain PASSWORD File
5:0:PASSWORD
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REV 1.0
SIGNON NAME: INVCON
PRIORITY: 700
DEFAULT MENU: DM10000
AUTO BYE OFF:
PRINTER QUE:
Can change customer's credit data and can see costs
at POS. This should be the user level of the system
manager's password.
Can see costs at POS but cannot change customer's
credit data.
Cannot see costs at POS and cannot change
customer's credit data. The lowest level should be 3.
Rec#
USER GROUP ACCESS FLAGS ----------
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