XpoLog help - Groups and Users 
 
General
Principals are entities in the system. User is a name for a single atomic entity for which you can define what it can or cannot edit, view and whether it can use the XpoLog center. In order to use XpoLog in secure mode you need to have a user name and password for the system to recognize you. A group is a logical collection of both users and other groups, where both a user and a group can be associated (be member of) with other groups. Groups allow you to define and modify sets of permissions for more then one user or group.
This mechanism enables you an easier methodology of security management.
For each principal you can associate a policy. The principal will have security permissions according to its policy definitions. If no policy is associated to the principal then the policy will be taken by default from a parent principal or from the system default policy.

Group definition
  1. From the 'Security' menu select 'Groups View' to enter the 'Groups' page. You can use the 'Groups' combo box to filter out only those groups which are associated to a certain group.
  2. Select 'Add Group' to create a new group or 'edit' of an existing group to edit it. You will be redirected to the 'Group Settings' page.
  3. In the 'Global section' enter the group's name. You can also add a description to the group.
  4. In the 'Group list' section select the groups this group should be a member of.
  5. In the 'Group members' section add group members (principals - groups and users) to the new group. those members will extract their permissions from the new group.
  6. In the 'Group administrators' section select the system principals (groups add user) that will have administration permissions for the group.
  7. In the 'Policy setting' select whether the group should have its policy taken from the groups it is associated to, or you can enter an explicit policy for the group.
  8. Click 'save' to complete the group definition and save it.

User definition
  1. From the 'Security' menu select 'Users View' to enter the 'Users' page. You can use the 'Groups' combo box to filter out only those users which are associated to a certain group.
  2. Select 'Add User' to create a new user or 'edit' of an existing user to edit it. You will be redirected to the 'User Settings' page.

  3. In the 'Global section' enter the user's name, which will be used during login, and the 'Display name', which will be used whenever the user user should be displayed, as in during administration or in the welcome message.

  4. In the 'Associated groups list' section select the groups this user should be a member of.

  5. In the 'Administered groups list' section select the groups this user will be an administrator of.

  6. In the 'Policy setting' select whether the user should have its policy taken from the groups it is associated to, or you can enter an explicit policy for the user.
  7. Click 'save' to complete the user definition and save it.
 

Additional links

      Security
      Policies
      Log, Folder, Application and Monitor permissions