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28 AlterPath KVM/net Installation, Administration, and User’s Guide
• If user jill is trying to access port 4 and the Generic User has port 4 in a
list of ports with no access permissions, then jill is denied access.
• If users joe, jennifer, jordan, jolanda, and jezebel are trying to access port
4 and the Generic User does not have port 4 listed for any type of access,
then their access request are passed to decision 4.
Decision 4: Check User’s Default Permissions
4. Does the user have a Default Permission that allows or denies access to the
port?
• If yes, access is allowed or denied.
• If the user has no Default Permission, the user is under the Generic
User’s default permission, and the request for access goes to decision 5.
Example for Decision 4
• If user joe is trying to access port 4 and he has a Default Permission that
allows read only access to ports, then joe is given read only access.
• If user jennifer is trying to access port 4 and she has a Default Permission
that allows no access to ports, then jennifer is denied access.
• If users jordan, jolanda, and jezebel are trying to access port 4 and their
Default Permissions are under the Generic User’s Default Permission,
then their access requests are passed to decision 5.
Decision 5: Check Group’s Default Permissions
5. Does the user belong to a group that has a Default Permission that allows or
denies access to the port?
• If yes, permission is granted or denied.
• If no, go to decision 6.
Example for Decision 4
• If user jordan trying to access port 4 is in a group called windows_ca1
that has a Default Permission of full, then jordan is given read/write and
power management access.
• If user jolanda trying to access port 4 is in a group called windows_ca2
that has a Default Permission of no access, then jolanda is denied access.