Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Defining security allocations for login companies

You can define security allocations linking users and groups to specific login companies. Security allocations of this type have the following effects:

Revoke model — Prevents a user or group of users from logging into the application under a specific company. By default, Progress Dynamics allows all users to login under any of the companies defined in the Repository.
Grant model — Allows a user to log into the application under a specific company. By default, Progress Dynamics prevents all users from logging into the application under any of the companies defined in the Repository.

To define a login company allocation:

Under the Security allocation node select Login companies, as shown:



At the top of the tab, select Users and Groups, Users Only, or Groups Only.
Either specify a user or group in the Name fill-in or select the All... check box just above the Name fill-in.
Note: The Login Company fill-in is disabled, because it makes sense only to apply a login company allocation to a user or group.
Click Refresh to see a list of login companies. If you specified a group name, a list of groups directly linked to the specified group also appears, as shown:



You are now ready to create a link (allocation) between the specified entity and a login company or companies. Select the company or companies that you want to link to the specified user or group and click .
Click the Save button to save the allocation. Depending on which security model you are using, you have:
Revoke model — Now prevented the selected user or group from logging in under companies that were formally available to the user or group.
Grant model — Now allowed the selected user or group to log in to companies that were formally not available to the user or group.

Figure 13–3 shows a member of the Sales Trainees group attempting to login using a restricted company.

Figure 13–3: Login with restricted company

Figure 13–4 shows the error message that displays when Progress Dynamics denies the login.

Figure 13–4: User Authentication Failure message