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AurorA Edit SEcurity

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Setting Permissions

the most direct way to set permissions on an object in the bin 
tree is through Aurora edit, as shown in the examples below. 
Aurora edit passes the Windows Security property sheet (the 
Security tab you would see for a file in Windows explorer) to 
the user within the bin’s properties dialog. Here we see that 
user Joe edit has been explicitly granted full control on a bin.

the assets in Aurora edit’s bin tree associate with folders in the 
file system. As an alternative to setting permissions with Aurora 
edit, you can set permissions directly on the associated folders 
using, for example, Windows explorer, or any administrative 
application.

typically, during configuration, organizations establish an 
inheritance and group hierarchy for assets and users such that 
permissions do not require constant management; the desired 
access control happens automatically because of where the 
asset is located and who is using it, not because every new 
asset has had its permissions set manually.

Another entry on the same bin shows that the group interns 
has inherited read-only permission. (inheritance is indicated by 
the gray-shaded checkbox.)

Summary of Contents for Aurora Edit Security

Page 1: ...ibility and access Patrick Thompson Senior Software Engineer January 2011 Using the Aurora Edit Security feature you can control which users and groups have which permissions read write delete etc on which assets in the Aurora Edit bin tree www grassvalley com ...

Page 2: ...to effect fine grained access control of the Aurora Edit assets including master clips subclips sequences graphics and bins Subclips and sequences are controlled by their containing bins Aurora Edit security is essentially the application of Active Directory controls to Aurora Edit assets Introduction Technical Background Example As an elementary example suppose that your organization has the bins...

Page 3: ...ample are not imposed by Aurora Edit these entities are chosen by the user Active Directory and in turn Aurora Edit support whatever schema your organization requires Security in action In the screen capture below user Joe Intern a member of the Interns group has attempted to delete a sub clip within the Monday bin and been denied permission Example cont Bin Group Permissions User Permissions Edit...

Page 4: ...in the file system As an alternative to setting permissions with Aurora Edit you can set permissions directly on the associated folders using for example Windows Explorer or any administrative application Typically during configuration organizations establish an inheritance and group hierarchy for assets and users such that permissions do not require constant management the desired access control ...

Page 5: ...ecurity disabled With simple changes to two configuration files and a system wide reboot the system will reawaken ready to support permissions Note This is not a destructive change existing assets are preserved Set permissions on the file system according to your schema This can be done efficiently by exploiting the features of groups and of inheritance The setting can be executed on Aurora Edit o...

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