Honeywell Rapid Eye, Administrator'S Manual

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Security for a Multi-Media System
Right to Use Admin
To use Admin, your account must be the Administrator account, or an account based on it.
TIP! The set of rights in an account based on the Administrator account cannot be
modified. Only the password can be changed.
Granting Access to Admin
1. View the rights of a user account.
2. Select the Rights and site access are based on option.
3. In the box next to Rights and site access are based on, select Administrator with
the drop-down arrow.
4. Click Save and Close.
TIP! Why limit the use of Admin?
a. The Administrator account has all user rights to all functions of View, and to every
site identified in your Multi db. With such an account, a malevolent user can
quickly disable your system or cover up unwarranted or illicit actions, such as
deleting items in the alarm log.
b. The Admin CD is used to install the user documents for Admin and the
Multi-Media unit. This information may exceed an operator’s need to know about
your Multi system.
c. Users of the Administrator account can remove an important safeguard to
prevent inadvertently clearing storage. See
Clearing Storage on page 141 .
Right to Use Maintenance
Each of these rights are sensitive for system security. Each right only gives access to
portions of a
Maintenance Session (see Table 10-3 ). You can start a Maintenance Session
in View with any one of these three rights. The tabs that appear in the Maintenance Session
may differ depending on rights that are assigned.
• Modify configuration. Gives access to the tabs for making hardware configuration
settings. These rights should be controlled in a Multi system. A user with these rights
can turn recording off or set an NTSC system to PAL, jeopardizing the unit’s ability to
record video.
• Modify security. Gives access to the Security tab. User has the right to click Update
Security.
• Modify system settings. Gives access to the Statistics and System tabs. These
rights should be controlled in a Multi system. A user can destroy all of the video and
audio stored in a Multi-Media unit by clicking Clear Storage on the Statistics tab (see
Clearing Storage on page 141 ). It also controls the rebooting of units and upgrading
files to a Multi-Media unit.