Adding authorizations

Authorize your users for a toolbox on a system or group of systems.

To add authorizations:

Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsAuthorizations, and then click New. The New Authorizations section appears.
In the Select dropdown list, select User(s) or UserGroup(s), and select the users or groups in the box. This field is required.
In the Enter authorizations for the selected user(s) section, select one of the following options:
- Copy all authorizations of this user or [template]
  Select a user or template from the dropdown list.
- Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations
  In the Select Toolbox(es) section, select the toolboxes to include.
  In the Select Systems list box, the two default system groups are displayed. Select one of these groups or click Add to display the Add Systems section to select systems for the authorization.
  Click the down arrow in the Add targets by selecting from dropdown list, and select a collection.
  If you want to use the entire collection as your selection, select Select "collection name" itself. This option creates a system group based on the currently displayed contents of the collection.
  If you want to select all individual systems from the collection, select the checkbox at the top of the table view to select all systems.
  Note: This action creates a separate authorization for each selected system.
  If you want to select individual systems from the collection, select the systems from the table view.
  Note: This action creates a separate authorization for each selected system.
  Click Apply to save system selections and return to the New Authorizations section, or click Cancel to return to the New Authorizations section without saving changes.
  Note: A system group is a group of systems based on a system collection and used for authorizations. It is a static snapshot of the contents of the collection at the time the system group was created. There are two default system groups that are not based on collections. The All Managed Systems system group contains every managed system, except the Central Management Server (CMS). The CMS is excluded so that users are not mistakenly assigned the authorization to manage the CMS system itself. There is a CMS group created explicitly for the CMS. These default system groups cannot be edited, updated, or deleted.
  If you selected individual systems of a collection, each selection populates the list box and is selected for inclusion in the authorization. If you selected a collection and the collection has been used previously in an authorization, a message appears, stating that a system group for the collection exists and will be updated with current source collection content. This condition affects all authorizations associated with that collection. When a collection is used for the first time, no message appears. A system group with the name of the collection followed by three numbers, usually 001, is displayed in the Select Systems dropdown list and is selected.
  Click OK to save the new authorization and close the New Authorizations section, or if you do not want to save changes, click Cancel to cancel the creating process.

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