Add users and groups to a class

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.
  • 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:

  1. Log on to Administration Console for Content Platform Engine as an object store administrator (object_store_admin).
  2. Click the object store that contains the class, and then Data Design > Classes. 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.
  3. 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.