Security dialog
When you click Security on the system toolbar of the JReport Administration page, the entries to the following panels are available on the drop-down menu. Use each panel to set the settings according to your requirements.
Realm panel
This panel allows you to manage realms in JReport Server. See the panel.
Create a New Realm
Creates a realm in the New Realm dialog.
Name
Displays the names of the existing realms.
State
Displays the states of the existing realms: Active Realm or Selected Realm. Active Realm means that the realm is the current active realm, and Selected Realm means the realm is the current editing realm in the Security dialog.
Control
Controls the realms.
- Select
Sets the specified realm to be the current editing realm.
- Delete
Deletes the specified realm.
User panel
This panel allows you to manage users in JReport Server. See the panel.
Create a New User
Opens the New User dialog to create a user.
User Name
Lists the users' names. You can view and edit user properties by clicking the underlined user names.
Full Name
Displays the user's full names. Full name is a property of a user.
Edit Roles
Edits the roles of the specified user. Click the underlined role(s) to edit the roles.
- Name
Lists the name of the roles that the user holds.
- Built-in
Specifies whether the role is a built-in role.
- Remove
Removes the specified roles from the role list.
- Add Roles
Lists the roles that can be assigned to the user.
- Add
Adds the specified roles to the user.
Edit Groups
Edits the groups of the specific user. Click the underlined group(s) to edit the groups.
- Name
Lists the name of the groups that the user belongs to.
- Remove
Removes the user from the specified groups.
- Add Groups
Lists the groups that the user can be added to.
- Add
Adds the user to the specified groups.
Authentication
Specifies users' authentication type: Local or LDAP.
Control
Controls the users.
- Auditing
Opens the Auditing dialog to audit the specified user.
- Change Password
Opens the Change Password dialog to change the password of the specific user.
- Preferences
Opens the Preferences dialog to set preferences for the specific user. For details about the preference settings, refer to Profile dialog.
- Delete
Deletes the specified user. The built-in user accounts admin and guest cannot be deleted.
Group panel
This panel allows you to manage groups in JReport Server. See the panel.
Create a New Group
Creates a group in the New Group dialog.
Name
Lists the group names. You can view and edit group properties by clicking the underlined group name.
Members
Edits members of the specified group. Click the underlined member(s) to edit the members.
- Name
Lists the name of the members that the group holds.
- Type
Specifies the type of the members that the group holds.
- Authentication
Specifies the group members' authentication type: Local or LDAP.
- Remove
Removes the specified members from the group.
- Add Members
Shows the members that can be added to the group.
Control
Controls the groups.
- Delete
Deletes the specified group. Groups that have child members or parent members cannot be deleted.
Role panel
This panel allows you to manage roles in JReport Server. See the panel.
Create a New Role
Creates a role in the New Role dialog.
Name
Lists the role names. You can view and edit role properties by clicking the underlined role name.
Members
Edits members of the specified role. Click the underlined member(s) to edit the members.
- Name
Lists the names of the role's members.
- Type
Specifies the type of the role's members.
- Authentication
Specifies the role's members' authentication type: Local or LDAP.
- Remove
Removes the specified members from the role.
- Add Members
Shows the members that can be added to the role.
Control
Controls the roles.
- Delete
Deletes the specified role. Built-in roles, administrators and everyone, and roles that are not empty, cannot be deleted.
Privilege panel
This panel allows you to grant roles, groups and users privileges in JReport Server. See the panel.
Available
- Role
Lists the roles available in the server security system.
- Role Name
Displays the names of the roles.
- Organization Name
Shows the organizations that the roles belong to. Available to system admin when the organization feature is enabled.
- User
Lists the users available in the server security system.
- User Name
Displays the names of the users.
- Organization Name
Shows the organizations that the users belong to. Available to system admin when the organization feature is enabled.
- Group
Lists the groups available in the server security system.
- Group Name
Displays the names of the groups.
- Organization Name
Shows the organizations that the groups belong to. Available to system admin when the organization feature is enabled.
Adds a role/user/group from the Available table to the Selected table. Then you can grant privileges to it.
Removes a role/user/group from the Selected table, and also removes the privileges assigned to it at the same time.
Selected
- Principal Name
Lists the roles/groups/users added.
- Organization Name
Shows the organizations that the roles/groups/users belong to. Available to system admin when the organization feature is enabled.
- Privileges
Select a role/group/user in the Selected table and then assign privileges to it. You can directly select the checkboxes to grant privileges, or uncheck the boxes to remove privileges.
- Publish
The privilege of publishing resources to JReport Server.
- Advanced Properties
The privilege of viewing advanced information of version properties such as catalog connections and report related resources.
OK
Applies the settings.
Cancel
Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.
Help
Displays the help document of this feature.
Notes:
- If users want to publish resources, they must at the same time have both the permission to write and publish.
- By default, only the "administrators" role and "admin" users have the Publish and Advanced Properties privileges.
Alias panel
This panel allows you to set an alias resource tree based on the server resource tree for roles, groups, or users. See the panel.
Set Role/Group/User Alias
Sets an alias resource tree for roles/groups/users, and then adds these roles/groups/users to the alias list.
After clicking the link, the following options will be available:
- Role Name/Group Name/User Name
Lists the roles, groups, and users for which you can set an alias resource tree.
- Description
Specifies information about a role, group or user.
- Next
Goes to the next step and opens the Set Alias dialog.
- Cancel
Cancels any operations performed and exits the page.
Name
Lists the name of roles, groups, and users that have been set an alias resource tree.
Description
Specifies information about a role, group or user that has been assigned an alias.
Dynamic Security panel
This panel appears when you select Dynamic Security from the Security drop-down menu and is used for managing dynamic catalog security. See the panel.
New Dynamic Security
Creates a dynamic security in the New Dynamic Security dialog.
Delete
Deletes the selected dynamic security.
Search
Searches for specific dynamic security.
Dynamic security table
Lists all the dynamic security. All columns are sortable. To sort the table by a certain column, click on the column name. By Default the table is sorted by Catalog.
- Checkbox
Specifies whether or not to select a dynamic security. Select the checkbox on the column header to select all the dynamic security.
The table consists of these columns:
- Catalog
Displays the catalogs for which the dynamic security are created with the full resource path, for example, /SampleReports.cat.
- Security File
Displays the names of the catalog security files for the dynamic security.
- Is Default
Shows whether the dynamic security is set to the default. The value is editable. Click in the Is Default cell of a dynamic security and then select true or false from the drop-down list. For a catalog, only one dynamic security can be set to true and the latest setting takes effect.
- Controls
- Upload
Uploads a catalog security file for a specific dynamic security in the Upload Dynamic Security dialog.
- Download
Download the catalog security file from the server.
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