Configuring the Security Properties
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Use the Security tab to set the user access permissions. You may also view security groups inherited from master projects.
Note: Inherited groups cannot be edited.

To set the system-level access permissions:

1.Open the CS-RCS Properties dialog box (refer to Introduction in Customizing CS-RCS).  
2.Select the Users tab.  
The Users tab appears.  
3.Click Security.  
 
OR  
 
1.   Open the CS-RCS Properties dialog box.  
2.   Select the Projects tab.  
   The Projects tab appears.  
3.   Click Default.  
 
OR  
 
1. Open the Document Explorer (refer to Using the Document Explorer Tool).  
2.   From the Project menu click Defaults.  
 
You may also assign access permissions for any project. To set the access permissions of any project:
 
1.   Open the CS-RCS Properties dialog box.  
2.   Select the Projects tab.  
   The Projects tab appears.  
3.   Select any project.  
4.   Click Edit.  
5.   Select the Security tab.  
 
OR  
 
1.Open the Document Explorer (refer to Using the Document Explorer Tool).  
2.From the Project menu click Properties.  
3.Select the Security tab.     
The Security tab appears:  
 
 


The Security tab allows you to perform the following:
·Click Add to add a new group.  
·Click Remove to remove the selected group. The Administrators and Everyone groups are mandatory groups and cannot be removed.  
·Click Members to define the members of the selected group. For more information, refer to the next section, Configuring the Group Members. The Everyone group includes all users within the current CS-RCS Setup.  
·Click on any item on the Permissions list to enable or disable this operation. The supported permissions are listed below.  
·Click Report to make a Security Property Report. Refer to Security Permission Report in Generating CS-RCS Reports.  

You can set the following Daily Operations permissions:
·Read – Enables read-only access to the project.  
·Modify – Enables the group to lock and check-in documents.  
·Create – Enables the group to create new documents.  
 
You can set the following Administrator Operations permissions:
·Delete – Enables the group to mark documents as Deleted. (Such documents can be restored anytime.)  
·Rename – Enables the group to rename documents.  
·Permanent Delete – Enables the group to delete documents.  
·Add Project - Enables the group to add subprojects to the current project. Grant this permission cautiously, as any user who creates a sub-project becomes the sub-project administrator.  
·Break Lock – Enables the group to release a locked document.  
·Change History – Enables the group to edit the revision's description and symbolic names.  
·Set Title - Enables the group to modify file descriptions.  
·View Log - Enables the group to view the project log from the Document Explorer.  
 
You can set the following Milestones Operations permissions:
·Create Milestone – Enables the group to create new milestones.  
·Edit Milestone – Enables the group to edit exiting milestones.  
·Mark Revision – Enables the group to mark a project with an RCS symbolic name.  
·Create Branch – Enables the group to create new branches.  
·Merge Branch – Enables the group to merge branches.  

The Inherit permissions from system option can be used to determine the project security policy: (This option is inactive on system level)
·Set this option to inherit permissions from the system and master-project definitions. With this mode, the project access permissions are cumulative, meaning you can grant permissions to any user on this project. However, you cannot disable permissions granted to that user on the system-level configuration or on a master-project configuration.  
·Clear this option in order to set the project security by itself. However, please note that users assigned to the system-level Administrators group have administrator rights on all projects.