Security

 

 

 

 

 

This command allows you to manage TopSolid security by granting or not users or groups to perform actions on projects, folders or documents.

 

 

It is strongly recommended to use the security by using groups of users instead of directly users. Indeed, in case of adding a new user, he could be added in an existing group and will automatically inherit all these group rights.

 

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

Select Security... from the PDM menu of the TopSolid button.

 

  1. Turn on security if necessary by checking this option.

  2. By default, if a user is into 2 groups with different rights, the most permissive authorizations are applied.

  3. Add or Delete the user or group by using the  buttons, click the "+" in front of this user or group and select either Granted or Denied  for each permission type. If both a user and a group are defined, the user security is applied even if the user belongs to this group.

 

 

  • Defined values are inherited by the Security command used from a project, a folder or a document.

  • If Activate Security is not checked, the different authorizations are not taken into account.

 

 

Only users with administration rights are authorized to use this command (by default, only the "Admin" account get them).

 

 

The security can be defined in a project template. Then at each project creation, this security will be applied.

 

 

Available options:

 

Protect with a password:

The creation or the modification of a project, a library or a document can be protected by a password.

For this, you have to choose the Protected mode and then click on the Modify button in order to define and confirm the password.

Once the security with password has been defined, the Non protected mode allows you to de-activate it, however, the password is required to make this modification.

 

Reset:

This action resets the custom security settings at all levels (projects, folders, and documents). The list of users or groups used by these security settings will also be cleared.

This button does not affect password protection. It is then necessary to redefine the users and groups in the global security settings so that the permissions are inherited.