Access Control in the Client

If you start the DNC-Max Client by pressing the Client button in the server console, you will be logged on to the server with the same permissions as you have in the server console. I.e. if you are logged on at the server console as User, you will be logged on as user in the DNC-Max Client as well.

If you start the DNC-Max Client from the start menu, or desktop icon, you are not logged on when the client is started.

The menus and buttons are not grayed in the Client if you are not logged on. Instead the Client checks if the requested operation is permitted by the user currently logged on. If not, it prompts for the password required to perform the selected operation. I.e. if you are logged on as user and selects Configure Port, you will be prompted for the administrator password. If you enter the correct password, you are now logged in, and any subsequent operations can be performed without entering a password.

If you are logged on, and leave the computer, you can press the Lock button to log off all servers. If you are not currently logged on to any servers, the Lock button is grayed.

If you are controlling multiple servers from the same DNC-Max Client, and all servers are configured to use the same password, you will just have to specify the password the first time you attempt to perform a restricted operation.

If you are controlling multiple servers from the same DNC-Max Client, and some servers are configured with different passwords, you will have to specify the password the first time you attempt to perform a restricted operation on each of the servers.

For a complete list of operations that requires user or administrator access, please refer to User Access and Administrator Access.

Operations that are not linked to a specific port or server are allowed even if you are not logged on.

Access Control Example

Suppose you have 4 servers (DNCSRV1 DNCSRV4):

You have started the administration client from the console of DNCSRV2, where you are logged on as User.

You can then send/receive files and perform other user operations on servers 1-3 without entering a password, because you are already logged on with user password USER on server 2, and you can also control ports on server 1 and 3, because they either use the same user password, or have no user password (access control disabled for User).

If you try to send or receive a file on one of the ports located on server 4, you will be prompted for the user password ("USER4").

If you try to configure a port, or perform some other action that requires administrator access, you will have to specify the correct administrator password for the server where the port is located.

If you are logged on as administrator on server 1, you will also be able to perform administrator task on server 2, since they use the same administrator password. But you must specify the correct password if you attempt to perform administrator task on either server 3 or 4.