The new Remote Desktop Manager 12 has some great new features, and one of my favorites is Root Settings. Along with Security Groups, Roles and Repositories, it’s another way to manage your security.
With Root Settings, you can set a permission on your top-level folder (the root folder). It gives you the option of having all of your folders inherit the permissions you’ve set on the root folder, saving you time by not having to define permissions on each top layer folder.
For example, let’s say I have a user named Patrick, and he is the only user I want to view entry passwords in the data source. Instead of having to define that permission on each folder, I simply head to Administration – Root (Settings), click Permissions on the side menu, set the Permission to Custom to modify the other options and then select the Security tab.
Next, I give Patrick permission to View password for every entry and folder stored in the data source. To do so, click on the arrow to open the View password drop-down menu and select Custom. Lastly, I click on the ellipsis next to the drop-down menu, select Patrick from the list and click OK to save my changes.
To check that the changes are in effect, I simply go to the Properties of one of my folders in Security – Permissions. The permission is set to Default, which has the same property as inherit. In here, I can see that only Patrick’s name appears, since he is the only one with the proper rights.
Now, if Patrick connects to the data source and needs to see a password set on an entry, he just right-clicks the entry and selects View Password to see the current entry password. It’s that easy!
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