Manage users, Overview – ACTi CMS 2 User Manual
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CMS 2.0 System Administrator’s Manual
Manage Users
The User Groups/Users page allows you to (1) manage the access permissions of different
user groups, (2) add users to or delete them from user groups, (3) assign users to specific user
group. This chapter will take you through these settings.
Access Permissions
In CMS, the access permissions are managed by User Groups. User Groups defines which
CMS operations and NVRs are allowed for the group users. Different User Groups will have
different access rights. For example, an Administrator User is allowed for the complete
operations in CMS system, while a standard User may only be permitted to see Live View and
do Playback with limited NVRs. The chart below displays an example consisting of different
employees as CMS Users and their access rights in this system:
Overview
Go to Setup page Users tab. There are two sections to manage User Groups and Users
individually.
User Groups: To setup user groups and its permissions for device and functionalities.
Users: To manage user accounts and configure user information.
CMS has integrated Microsoft Active Directory
®
service to provide network administrators a
more convenient choice for user management. Active Directory is a directory service built in
Microsoft Server products to manage user identities and privileges within the domain network.
As CMS runs on a server computer logged on to the same domain with an Active Directory
Setup
Limited Group
Security Group
Monitor
Administrator
Group
Playback
Playback
Monitor