Security

adTempus uses the Windows security framework to control access to adTempus and to objects within adTempus.

When a user connects to adTempus, adTempus identifies the user and then determines the permissions for that user.

As in Windows, each secured object support various rights. Individual users or groups are either granted or denied rights. For example, most objects have a "View" right and a "Modify" right. This allows a user to be granted permission to view, but not modify, an object.

The property sheet for each secured object contains a Security page, where a standard security editor is used to modify the permissions for the object.

See the Security Configuration Guidelines topic for recommendations on how to configure security.

This discussion applies to the management of jobs and other objects within adTempus. When a job executes, any tasks it carries out are subject to Windows security restrictions, based on the user account that the job is running under. See the Job Security topic for more information.

Security Inheritance

adTempus supports security inheritance, meaning that each object inherits permissions from its "parent." See the Security Inheritance topic for more information.

Special Permission Cases

There are several special cases to be aware of: