Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre Installation Guide 5.0 - Manual (Page 74)

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3. Open the Users and Groups folder.
4. Under the Users and Groups folder, right-click the Users folder, and then select New.
5. Specify whether you want to create a new User or a Windows-Linked User. User
accounts are visible only to the FactoryTalk system and their access is independent of
Windows. A Windows-linked user is validated by Windows. See the FactoryTalk help
topic “Choosing between FactoryTalk Security accounts and Windows-linked
accounts” for more information. (A FactoryTalk Security account is the same as a
User account.) To find this help topic, open the FactoryTalk Administration Console.
Select Help > Contents. On the Index tab, look up “user accounts” and double-click
choosing FactoryTalk or Windows-linked. If you may need to use FactoryTalk
AssetCentre while disconnected from the network, use FactoryTalk Security user
accounts. Windows-linked user accounts will not be able to authenticate with the
domain while disconnected.
If you choose to use Windows-linked users, consider using Windows-linked group
accounts rather than Windows-linked user accounts if possible. This simplifies the
process if you ever move your software to a different domain. You cannot move
individual Windows-linked user accounts from one domain to another. You can move
Windows-linked group accounts to a new domain, while retaining all of the security
permissions for the group. If you change the domain an individual Windows-linked
user account belongs to, you must delete the old account, create the new account, and
then recreate all of the security permissions for the new account.
6. Enter the information for the user.
Adding computers to the FactoryTalk Directory
When FactoryTalk Services Platform is installed on a computer, that computer is
automatically added to the FactoryTalk Network Directory. Because FactoryTalk Services
Platform is included in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre installation, your client computers
should already be in the FactoryTalk Network Directory.
If you have users who need similar access to features of FactoryTalk AssetCentre, consider
grouping users to make assigning security privileges easier. For example, you can group all
of your electricians into an “Electricians” group, and then provide security access for them as
a group. For information about grouping users, see the online help for the FactoryTalk
Administration Console.
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