You can manage all aspects of users in Symphony: add, add to groups, modify information about or access to sites/devices/video walls, and delete or disable.
Name, password, email, phone, description
Priority (higher priority has control of PTZ camera) PTZ priority and rule management is configured on a per-user basis, not through Groups
Type of User
Symphony (basic user with customized restrictions)
Administrator (advanced user with customized restrictions)
Membership in Group (a user must be a member of at least one group). The security permissions for each user are defined through the user's Group membership.
Log into the server. Click Security > Users.
Click Add.
Enter information about the user in the designated fields. Select Group Membership: Symphony Users or Administrators. Security permissions for each user will be defined through the user's Group membership.
Using the Priority slider, assign High or Low priority access for your user. For example, a user with higher priority gets control of PTZ camera when two users want to access the camera.
Click Save.
Note: If Active Directory mode was defined during setup, no password is stored in Symphony as the Windows domain password will be used.
Security rights will be defined at a resource (for example, camera) level within the group. Rights may include the ability to view a camera, to use the PTZ, or to change camera settings. Permissions to access these rights can be associated with users and/or user groups by an administrator.
If your system is under Enterprise Management, the Farm and User membership security settings are read-only if they have been configured at the enterprise management level. You cannot add/remove users or groups. You can, however, modify access to Devices and Video walls.
In the Permissions section, select the Allow, Deny, or Unspecified option for each right.
Site defines access rights for core functionality that is not specific to a camera or other resource; for example, whether a user can connect to the farm, or export video.
All Devices defines user permissions that can be defined for device; for example, whether a user can view the live feed or change the configuration for a specified camera, or listen to a camera or talk through a camera
Video Walls defines user permissions that can be defined for video walls; for example, whether a user can move a window in the video wall, or edit a video wall layout.
All Users defines user permissions that can be defined for other users; for example, whether a user can view or edit the properties of another user or group.
The Effective Permission column calculates the access granted this group for the current functionality. Symphony checks if this group is a member of another group that may restrict access to the resource. For example if the current group allows access but another group of which it is a member restricts access, the effective permission will be Deny.
You can click on the effective permission entry for a given right to display a list of inherited permissions. An Effective Permission Breakdown popup box appears. This helps you determine which group membership is causing the current effective permission.
Click Save.
Users can be assigned individual security privileges if necessary. The Deny option for any individual user or group overrides Allow.
If at any point there is an explicit Deny permission defined between a user/group and the resource/group, permission will be denied.
If there are no explicit Allow or Deny permissions, permission will be denied.
If no explicit Deny permissions exist, but there is at least one Allow permission, permission will be allowed.
User A has individual right of Allow, belongs to Group 1 which also has Allow, but is a sub group of Group 2, which has Deny. User A will be Denied the right.
User B has individual right of Deny, belongs to Group 1 which has Allow and is a subgroup of Group 2, which has Allow. User B will be Denied the right, irrespective of the group designations (of Allow). Deny is always the effective overriding permission.