6.2 Security Settings

Security settings in a Part 11 project are basically the same as in regular projects, but with the addition of using windows accounts, setting group permissions, and setting passwords.

(1) Part 11 Security Settings

Items	Description
Use Windows Account	If the OS is a Windows server, get the account names from Active Directory and add them to the list of users.
Set group permissions	Set access permissions by group.
Enable Minimum Password Length	Specify the minimum password length (can be 1-16)
Include At Least One Number And Letter	When setting a password, include at least one number and at least one letter (both numbers and letters).
Include At Least One Special Character	When setting a password, include at least one special character. (@#$%^&*()-_=+\]{};:/?.><!)
Enable Password Reset Interval	After a set period of time, must reset their password to log in. (1 to 9999 days)
Request To Change Password On First Login	Require users to change their password the first time they sign in.
Prohibit consecutive duplicate characters	When checked, prohibit the use of consecutive duplicate characters in the password. (can specify the number of allowed repeating characters).
Prohibit of resetting previous passwords	Save a set number of modified passwords. Prohibit resetting saved passwords. (a set number can be 1-30)

(2) Group Permissions Settings

Group permissions settings grant permissions to groups of users to view, write, and print data. If a user does not belong to a group, or if a user belongs to a specific group and the group does not have the following permissions checked, the user is banned from accessing the data.

Items	Description
Name	Set a group name. This will be used as an alias for the group.
Manage Users	Be granted access to the User Management page.
Direct Write Tags	If unchecked, cannot write tags in the Database page (but can still view tag values).
View Audit Trail	Be granted access to the Audit Trail page.
View Data Log	Be granted access to the Data Log page.
View Reports	Be granted access to the Report page, where you can see a list of report files.
View Alarms	Be granted access to the Alarm page.
Export Files	Allow to download Excel, PDF and Report from any page.

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