Raritan SMX18 User Manual - Security Access Mode

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Appendix A: Security Access and Public View 

Security Access Mode  

SMX

 provides administrators with four modes of security access in addition to the login 

security. Depending on your business and security needs, choose the option best suited 

to manage your system. 

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(Caution!) Users with admin privileges will always be able to access any computers 

regardless of the mode. 

1. 

Free Access

: All users have free access to all channels. The only security is the login 

user name and password—if used. Setting security classes has no effect when this 

mode is invoked. Free Access is the default setting. 

2. 

Exact Match

: The user’s security class must be exactly the same as the channel 

security class in order for the user to access that channel. 

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Example: If both the user class and a channel class were B1, then the user could 

access that channel; if the user class were any other security class, access would 

not be allowed in Exact Match security mode. 

3. 

2 Digit Level

: The user security class must be higher or equal to the channel security 

class in order to gain access. A0 is highest; P9 is lowest. 

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Example: A user of security class of C2 could access all channels with a security 

class of C2 or lower, but could not access any channels of security class C1 or 

higher.  

4. 

Level/Group

: Access to a channel is determined by the following rules:  

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If the letter level of the user is higher than the letter level of the channel, access is 

allowed; if the level of the user is lower than the level of the channel, access is 

denied.  

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if the levels are equal, then the group—number—determines access: 

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Group 0 is the universal group: if either the user group or the channel group is 0, 

access is allowed. 

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Otherwise, the channel group must match the user group in order to gain access. 

PublicView Video Sharing Options 

Users of the 

SMX

 have exclusive control to the computer selected. However, depending 

on your business needs, the administrator can configured the 

SMX

 PublicView feature to 

allow users to view the video of a computer controlled by another user. There are 5 

PublicView options: 

1. 

No PublicView:

 No video sharing—system default. 

2. 

Always On: 

All users are permitted to view the video of computers being used by 

other users.

3. 

Admin Only: 

Only the users with administrative privileges are permitted to view the 

video of computers being used by other users.