Security Tab

App Portal 2013 R2

You specify security settings on the Security tab of the Settings view, which is opened by selecting Settings under Site Management on the Admin tab.

Settings View / Security Tab

The Security tab of the Site Management > Settings view includes the following properties:

Security Tab Properties

Property

Description

Maximum targets for request on behalf

When requesting on behalf of other users the number of users that can be selected is limited to the value specified.

Maximum items for shopping cart

Limits the maximum number of items that can be requested at one time.

Limit request on behalf targets to:

Machines in user’s current OU and child OUs.

When requesting items to other users, the scope of the target machines will be limited to the machine objects in the users current OU and child OUs.

Security Group Matching

Uses custom security groups to define the scope of authorized machines that a user can request to. Security groups require a specific naming convention as follows:

ESD_User_<Identifier>—Contains the user objects.
ESD_Computer_<Identifier>—Contains the computer objects authorized by the ESD_User_<Identifier> group.

For example:

User A, User B and User C in security group ESD_User_USA can request on behalf to Computer A, Computer B, and Computer C in ESD_Computer_USA security group.

Security Group and Collection Matching

Matches a custom security group to a specific collection.

ESD_Collection_<CollectionID>—Contains the user objects
SMS_Collection_<CollectionID>—Contains the computers where the ESD_ Collection_<CollectionID> can request to.

For example:

User A, User B and User C in security group ESD_Collection_SMS00001 can request on behalf to Computer A, Computer B, and Computer C in the Collection ID SMS00001 (All Systems).