User groups – ACTi CMS 2 User Manual
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CMS 2.0 System Administrator’s Manual
server, you can import a user account or a group from those concurrently existing in Active
Directory into CMS server. In this way, the user identification is processed by Active Directory
centrally, and there is no need for CMS administrator to maintain these user accounts.
User Groups
You can specify access permissions to each NVR for an entire user group. This user grouping
can save you significant amount of works if you have multiple users performing similar tasks
and acting as similar roles.
There are already two default User groups
Administrator: With full permissions in CMS interface.
User: With the permissions to watch all camera live view and playback(Default).
The Administrator User is predefined with full permissions in the CMS server, and cannot be
deleted. You can choose to create a new user group on CMS server or import an existing group
from the Active Directory database within your domain.
1. Select
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lick “Add” and then choose the group type:
Add a new user group:
Insert ID, group Name and group Description, your input in the Name field will be the
name of this User group. Click “Apply” to finish.
Import a domain group as a User group:
Choose an existing user group from your domain, and click “Apply” to finish.