About the security tool, Logging onto the security tool, The security tool menus – Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 User Manual
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Security in an iTX system
Users should carefully manage their passwords; they may change them if they want to.
About the Security Tool
Through the Security Tool, you configure different aspects of the security system that the tool
is connected to. By default, it connects to the security system managed by the local System
Service. But you can make it connect to the security system in any remote iTX domain that is on
the same network.
When you right-click a table (e.g. "Groups"), the Security Tool displays a menu with options for
tasks you may want to perform. Later in this section, we describe procedures for some of the
more important tasks. Among these are how to:
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Manually log onto the Security Tool.
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Import user details from a Windows NT system.
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Create groups.
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Assign individual users, computers and applications to one or more groups.
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Set security options for users, groups, computers and applications.
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Logging onto the Security Tool
To make changes to the security system, you first need to log onto the Security Tool with
administrator rights. The first time you do this, you can only do so by using the Manual Logon
attribute of the built-in administrator.
The built-in administrator account is created with no password; you log onto the Security Tool
with a blank password entry. To prevent unauthorised use of this account, you should set a
password for it the first time you log onto the Security Tool.
Once you add yourself to the security system as a user, you can give yourself the same user
rights as the built-in administrator by adding yourself to the Administrators group. You may
then modify the security-system configuration after logging onto the Security Tool with your
own account.
Important: To ensure the effectiveness of the security system, administrator rights should only
be given to users who have to perform system-administrator tasks.
The Security Tool menus
When you right-click a table under a tab, the Security Tool displays a menu. The menu options
depend on what aspect of the security system is associated with the selected tab. For instance,
under the Groups tab, you can create a group:
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