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Changing Permissions for Specific Users in Entitlement Manager

To protect sensitive data from loss, tampering, and exposure, permissions must be assigned correctly. If permissions are assigned incorrectly or if some users have more permissions than they need, administrators can change the permissions.

You can also add a new user and allow or deny permissions for the new user. If user names are missing or you have an issue in fetching an username when adding users, see Adding Domains to an Inventory.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation pane, go to Activate.

    The Activate page appears.

  2. Under File Storage Optimization, click Entitlement manager.

    The Entitlement manager page appears.

  3. In the upper-left corner of the page, from the server list, select the server that contains the files or folders that you want to change the permissions for.

    The files and folders that are on the server appear.

  4. To filter the files and folders, under Filters, click Add, select filter options, and then click Apply.

  5. In the left area of the page, browse to select the file or folder that you want to change the permissions for.

    Note

    When you change permissions for a folder, the permission changes are applied to all related subfolders and files. You can also change permissions for multiple files at once.

  6. In the pane in the right area of the page, on the Permissions tab, update the permissions for an existing user, or add a new user:

    • To update permissions for an existing user, do the following:

      1. Next to the user, click the down arrow to expand the list of permissions.

      2. For each permission, select the Allow check box or the Deny check box.

      3. In the upper-right area of the pane, click Review.

        The Review changes dialog box appears.

      4. Review the permissions for the user, and then click Apply permissions.

    • To add a user, do the following:

      1. Click Add user.

        The Add user dialog box appears.

      2. In the search box, type the name of the user, and then select the user from the list.

      3. For each permission, select the Allow check box or the Deny check box.

      4. Click Add.

Results

A Change permissions job runs in the background and applies the changes that you made to the permissions. To view the history of permissions changes, click the Permission activity tab.

Filtering Files in Entitlement Manager

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