Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 84)

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In a network distributed application, security services also check whether the user is
allowed to perform authorized actions on the current computer.
In addition, FactoryTalk Security services manage system-wide policies, such as how
often users must change their passwords, or whether users can back up and restore
applications. For more information about these policies, see page 5-27.
About the FactoryTalk Directory
The FactoryTalk Directory software works like a telephone directory, or electronic
address book, allowing parts of an application to find each other on a computer, or across
a network. There are two types of FactoryTalk Directory:
 FactoryTalk Local Directory (also called the Local Directory) manages
FactoryTalk View SE local station applications. All local station application
components, except for data servers, must be located on the same computer.
 FactoryTalk Network Directory (also called the Network Directory) manages
FactoryTalk View SE network distributed and network station applications. Network
applications can involve multiple clients and servers on several computers, connected
over a network. Network station applications can contain one client and HMI server,
and must be located on a single computer.
FactoryTalk Security settings are stored separately for a Local Directory and a Network
Directory, even if both are in use on the same computer.
This means that you must set up security permissions twice—once for the Local Directory
and once for the Network Directory—to give one user access to a local station and a
network distributed application on the same computer.
For more information about the FactoryTalk Directory, see Chapter 4, Setting up the
FactoryTalk Directory.
Finding more information about FactoryTalk Security
For information about FactoryTalk Security from a FactoryTalk system perspective, and
for detailed setup instructions, see the FactoryTalk Security System Configuration Guide
or the FactoryTalk Security Help.
To open the FactoryTalk Security System Configuration Guide
 In FactoryTalk View Studio, select Help > Online Books > FactoryTalk Security
System Configuration Guide.
To open the FactoryTalk Security Help
1. Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk Tools >
FactoryTalk Help.