This procedure describes how to add additional accounts
to the default security of a class.
About this task
Classes that are instantiable, like the document class,
have two security tabs:
- The Default Instance Security tab contains the ACL that will be
applied to new instances of the class. (For example, a document is
an instance of a particular document class.) New users and groups
who will be users of the objects based on a class should be added
to the Default Instance Security tab of the class: they will need
the Create Instance permission that is contained on the
Security tab.
- The Security tab governs the security of the class itself (for
example, who can subclass it, delete it, change its properties). New
users and groups who will be administrators of the class should be
added to the Security tab of the class.
Procedure
To add new users and groups to the Default Instance Security
ACL of a class:
- Log on to Administration Console for Content Platform
Engine as
an object store administrator (object_store_admin).
- Click the object store that contains the class, and then . Open the property sheet of the class and click the Default
Instance Security tab. Use the Add button
and use the Select Users or Groups dialog box to add users or groups.
Click OK when you are done.
- Use the security editor to examine and if necessary change
the default permissions of the new grantees. New instances
of the class will include the newly added grantee with the access
permissions you selected.
Important: The default security
level of a new user or group is View Properties. Full
administrative control is conferred by having the Full Control level.
Make sure you should grant the new user or group the permissions they
will need.
Results
Remember: Modifying a class does not affect existing
objects that are instances of that class. For example, adding users
to the Default Instance Security ACL of a document class does not
add those new users to existing documents based on that class.