Creating and editing privilege sets

Privilege sets specify levels of access to a database, such as which layouts are viewable, which menus are available, and whether printing is permitted. See About accounts, privilege sets, and extended privileges.

You can create as many privilege sets as you need to define the types of access you want to permit to a file. Each database file also contains three predefined privilege sets for common types of access levels. See Using the predefined privilege sets. Then, you need to create or edit accounts so that they use the appropriate privilege sets. See Managing accounts.

To create and manage privilege sets for a file, you need to open the file with an account that is assigned the Full Access privilege set, which is the only privilege set that permits making privileges changes to a file. If you open the file with insufficient privileges, the File menu > Manage > Security command is disabled.

You can create and modify privilege sets in a shared file while clients are using it. The privilege set changes you make take effect immediately. However, the changes do not disrupt any current clients. For example, if you change privileges for a privilege set that is in use by one or more clients, their privileges remain unchanged until the next time they open the file.

The following table shows the actions you can perform on each predefined privilege set and any other privilege set used by an account.

* Before you delete any other privilege set, edit accounts so they no longer use the privilege set. See Creating and editing accounts.

To create or edit a privilege set:

1. Choose File menu > Manage > Security.

If the Manage Security dialog box displays the basic security settings, click Use Detailed Setup.

2. Click the Privilege Sets tab.

3. To create a new privilege set, click New. To edit an existing privilege set, select the privilege set, then click Edit.

4. Enter or change the name and (optional) description for the privilege set.

If you rename a privilege set, the new name is updated in all accounts that use the privilege set.

5. Manage the privileges for the privilege set. See:

•Editing record access privileges

•Editing layouts privileges

•Editing value list privileges

•Editing scripts privileges

•Editing extended privileges for a privilege set

•Editing other privileges

Related topics 

Using the predefined privilege sets

Managing accounts (detailed)