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About Access Rights
Access rights indicate which users and user groups may access units in the DSView 3 software
system. Access rights also indicate which actions are allowed.
For target devices, you may specify whether a user or members of a user group are allowed to:
• View the unit in a Units View window (this right is enabled automatically if any other access
right for the target device is enabled)
• Establish viewer sessions (Video Viewer or serial, as supported on the device)
• Control target device power
• Establish virtual media sessions to target devices (since virtual media sessions are launched
from a Video Viewer session, if you select this option, you should also select
Establish
Viewer Sessions )
• Establish reserved virtual media sessions to target devices (since virtual media sessions are
launched from a Video Viewer session, if you select this option, you should also select
Establish Viewer Sessions )
• Configure unit settings - see Target Device Settings on page 125
• View data logging - this access right can be set only for target devices connected to appliances
that support data logging; see
Data Logging on page 158
For certain managed appliances, you may specify whether a user or members of a user group are
allowed to:
• View the appliance in Units View windows (this right is enabled automatically if any other
access right for the managed appliance is enabled)
• Reboot appliance and disconnect sessions - see Rebooting on page 272 and Active Sessions on
page 153
• Flash upgrade appliance - see Upgrading firmware on page 273
• Configure unit settings - see Managed Appliance Network, Authentication Server and Version
Settings on page 122
• Configure appliance local user accounts - see Local Account Settings on page 139 (this option
will not appear for managed appliances that do not support local user accounts)
• View data logging - this access right can be set only for appliances that support data logging;
see
Data Logging on page 158
For example, you may allow users to configure settings on a managed appliance, but not allow
them to reboot and disconnect sessions on it. Instead, you may allow a user who has appliance
administrator privileges on the target devices to establish a Video Viewer session, but not allow
that user to perform power control operations. Access rights may also be specified for all units in
the DSView 3 software system or for a specific unit.
By default, supported embedded units have the same access rights as generic units.