Configuring Administrator Accounts Permissions

To configure permissions for an administrator account:

• When creating a new account, click the Change Permissions button in the Administrator Properties dialog.
• To configure permissions for an existing account, right-click it on the Accounts tab page and choose Properties .

Use the Account permissions dialog to configure permissions. Permissions can be assigned per category (e.g. Farm, Publishing, Universal Printing, etc.) and also per site.

In the Account permissions dialog, select the Full Permissions option (default) to enable the administrator to modify all categories, sites, and global settings in the farm.

To set specific permissions:

1. Clear the Full Permissions option.
2. In the In Site list (on the right), select one or more sties to which these permissions should apply.
3. Select (or clear) the following options to set permissions:
   • Allow viewing of Site information . Can view (but not necessarily modify) site information.
   • Allow Site changes . Can modify the following categories: Site , Load Balancing , Universal Printing , Universal Scanning . This option is disabled if the Allow viewing of Site information option is cleared.
   • Allow Session Management . Can manage running sessions. This option is disabled if the Allow viewing of Site information option is cleared.
   • Allow Publishing changes . Can modify the Publishing category.
   • Allow Connection changes . Can modify the Connection category.
   • Allow viewing of RAS Reporting . Can view reports generated by the RAS Reporting engine.
   • Allow Client Management changes . Can modify the Client Manager category.
4. Allow Policies changes . Enable this option to allow the administrator to modify the Policies category.
5. Allow access to Information . Enable this option to allow the administrator to access the Information category.

Enabling or disabling an administrator account

To enable or disable a Parallels RAS administrator account, select or clear the checkbox in front of the account name. You can also enable or disable an account in the Administrator Properties dialog by selecting or clearing the Enable accoun t option (to open the dialog, right-click an account and choose Properties ).

A disabled account cannot be used to log in to the RAS Console. If it's a group, the members of that group will not be able to log in to the Parallels RAS Console either.