The Users system resource lets you define how individual users employ the resources in the Novera EPIC environment. Each time you want to allow a new user to access the Novera EPIC environment, you must assign the new user a user login. Every client or service must have a user login to connect to a Novera EPIC Kernel. The attributes of a user login control who can enter the Novera EPIC environment, which clients and services the user can use, and when the user can use the assigned clients and services. The user login also identifies the directories, files, and printers a user can access.
When a client or service logs on, the Novera EPIC Kernel assigns a connection to a user session. You can interact with user sessions through the Monitor page.
To create a user login
1. On the Resources page, click the Users icon.
2. In the Resource menu, click Create New Resource Instance.
3. Click the General property sheet.
4. Type user information in the following boxes. You must type information into each box.
First Name
Last Name
Login ID, which cannot contain blank spaces
Password
Confirm Password
Email is the email address of the user
Home Directory Name, which identifies the directory the user can access. The
directory must be accessible by the Novera EPIC Kernel you specify
Home Directory Path, which identifies the fully-qualified path of the home
directory
Home Directory Kernel, which identifies the Novera EPIC Kernel that is
supporting access to the home directory
IP Address, which is the Internet Protocol address of the user’s host computer
Postal Address
Zip Code
Telephone
Fax
To modify a user login
1. On the Resources page, double-click the Users icon.
2. Click the user you wish to modify.
3. Click the General property sheet.
4. Modify the user login attributes. You cannot modify the first name or the last name.
Login ID, which cannot contain blank spaces
Password
Confirm Password
Email
Home Directory Name, which identifies the directory the user can access. The
directory must be accessible by the Novera EPIC Kernel you specify
Home Directory Path identifies the fully-qualified path of the home directory.
Home Directory Kernel, which identifies the Novera EPIC Kernel that is
supporting access to the home directory
IP Address, which is the Internet Protocol address of the user’s host machine
Postal Address
Zip Code
Telephone
Fax
To delete a user login
1. On the Resources page, double-click the Users icon.
2. Click the user you wish to delete.
3. In the Resource menu, click Delete Resource Instance.
To assign a user to a group
1. On the Resources page, double-click the Users icon.
2. Click the user you wish to add to a group.
3. Click the General property sheet.
4. Click the group you wish to add the user to in the Groups Not Containing User box.
5. Click the Add To Selected Groups button.
To remove a user from a group
1. On the Resources page, double-click the Users icon.
2. Click the user you wish to remove from a group.
3. Click the Groups property sheet.
4. Click the group you wish to remove the user from in the Groups Containing User box.
5. Click the Remove From Selected Groups button.
Displaying group resources
When you add a user to a group, you give that user access to the resources of the group. The group’s Resources property sheet displays all of the resources available to the members of the group.
You cannot modify the information on the Resources page. You can, however, change the order of the information by clicking the heading of any column. For example, clicking the Licenses heading displays the information alphabetically by license.
The Resources property sheet contains the following columns:
T contains the icon that represents a resource.
Resource is the name of the resource.
Read shows whether or not the user has read permission to the resource.
Write shows whether or not the user has write permission to the resource.
Exec shows whether or not the user has execute permission to the resource.
Del shows whether or not the user has delete permission to the resource.
Creat shows whether or not the user has create permission to the resource.
Conn shows whether or not the user has connect permission to the resource.
Licenses shows the number of user licenses available for the resource.
Tips
After you make changes on the property sheet, you must click either the Reset
button or the Apply button before you move to another resource. Reset cancels
the changes you made, while Apply saves the changes.
To select multiple groups, hold down Shift and select the desired groups with
the arrow keys.
Related topics
The system resources