Security

The Security tab of the Users document (Admin Tools) is used to set the security permissions for users and roles.  Selecting either Users or Roles from the drop down list (see  figure Dropdown List) will populate the list below with all the available users or roles.

Dropdown List

WebBrix installs with only one user, Admin.  This default user belongs to the Administrators role.  WebBrix also installs with five roles.  These roles are Administrator, Data Entry, Guard, Headquarters Administrator and View Only.  The only required role is Administrator.  The other default roles are placeholders for what a WebBrix system might have.

Selecting either User or Roles (see figure Dropdown List) and selecting a User that isn't part of the Administrator role or a role other than Administrator will expose the Security Setting for that entity. (see figure Security Settings)

Security Settings

The Security Setting section will show all the securable entities and the current security setting based on the selected user or role.  Highlighting an entity in the tree view (left side) will populate the property list (right side) with all securable properties for that entity.  The icons by each entity and property indicate what permissions the selected user or role has for that object.  A icon outside of the box indicates the security for this object has been inherited.  A icon inside the box indicates the security for this object as been set individually or not inherited.  The order of security inheritance, starting at the top, is the security default, roles and finally users.  In other words, all roles inherit the security default and all users inherit their security from there role.  If a user hasn't been assigned a role they inherit the security default.

Unchecking the "Advanced" checkbox will hide the selected entities properties.  This is often times desired when security is only needed at high level.

Here's a list of possible icons: