Two SecurityManager.ini variables are used to enable and configure the behavior of the user group functionality: "NameSpaceDelimiter", and "GroupLogin".
NameSpaceDelimiter
The "NameSpaceDelimiter" variable has two purposes:
• If "NameSpaceDelimiter" has a valid value, then user groups are enabled.
• The character(s) configured for the "NameSpaceDelimiter" variable will be used as the separator between the <Group> and <Username> segments of the user account. For example, the following line would be added to the securitymanager.ini file to set a colon as the delimiter:
[SECURITYMANAGER-Admin]
NameSpaceDelimiter = :
In the example above, a colon (:) will be the separator used between the <Group> and <Username> segments of the account login (e.g. "PlantA:JSmith").
GroupLogin
Adding the "GroupLogin" variable to the SecurityManager.ini file will cause a "Group" field to be added to the "Please Logon" dialog (that opens when the Logon button in the Display Manager's title bar is clicked). The name of the Group must be supplied in the "Group" field, while the "Username" and "Password" fields operate as usual.
With this variable added, the application's SecurityManager section of your application's SecurityManager.ini file should look, in part, like the following:
[SECURITYMANAGER-Admin]
NameSpaceDelimiter = :
GroupLogin = 1 {setting to "1" enables the Group Login feature }
Note: Changes to your SecurityManager.ini file will take effect only when the application is started. If the application was running when you made these changes, you should re-start it now to begin using this feature.
Note: Existing user accounts (without a <Group><NameSpaceDelimiter>"will continue to function as before. When logging in, using one of these accounts, leave the "group" field blank.
The section that follows provides step-by-step instructions on configuring VTS security accounts with group logins enabled.