GS7-01 GENERAL SYSTEM GUIDE SECURITY SYSTEM 29148 System Overview
PURPOSE
Ideal software's enhanced security system enables the system supervisor to add and delete user names and passwords, create and maintain user groups, and create and maintain user and group security profiles.
Verifiable names and passwords restrict access to the system to authorized users only. Security profiles define exactly what features and programs each user or group of users can access and what actions they can perform.
System security can be divided into 4 general areas:
Assigning and changing passwords
Creating and maintaining security profiles
Adding and deleting users
Creating and maintaining user groups
The default system supervisor profile is "SUPER" and the default password is also "SUPER". For good security, you should change the system supervisor's password immediately and thereafter on a periodic basis. Super user has unlimited access to all programs and all data maintained by the system. Super user has complete access to the security profiles of all other users, including the ability to change their passwords and restrict their access to program areas.
Hence, it is imperative that only the person who will actually maintain the security of the system have super user access. All other users should be restricted to those features and actions which they absolutely require to do their jobs and no more.
If more than one person is required to maintain the overall system, create both a SYSOP user group and security profile. Grant the users of the "SYSOP" group the system access they require and no more. Specifically, only super user should have access to security profile and password maintenance programs.
Ideal software comes pre-configured with the following security profiles and associated passwords:
Profile:
Password:
Access:
SUPER
SUPER
Complete system access
GEN
GEN
Complete system access, except Security system
SALES
SELL
A few selected Sale Processing programs
Users, passwords and security profiles can be added, deleted and modified at any time by the system supervisor.
To maintain uninterrupted support of your, please advise The Ideal Computer Group of any changes to your supervisor password.