Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Core Business Services

Setting basic security options

The basic security options in Progress Dynamics include:

Setting global options:
Choosing between a grant and revoke security model.
Enabling/disabling the security model.
Setting login and password options.
Setting session time-out limits.
Setting controls on accessing programs in multiple sessions and according to a single user ID.
Setting up user authentication.
Defining login companies (a mechanism to categorize groups of users).
Defining security groups.
Creating and maintaining users, including:
Assigning passwords.
Setting up profile users (users whose profiles can be used to define other users).
Linking users and security groups.

For more information on these basic security options, see OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Administration .