About permission sets and logical names

Permission sets and Logical Names identify a set of actions that are allowed or denied for one or more user groups or computer groups. You use permission sets and Logical Names to define user permissions in the

FactoryTalk Administration Console

. Use permission sets to apply the same permissions to multiple controllers or project components. Use a Logical Name to associate permissions with a specific controller.

When a user opens a project that has been secured with a permission set or a Logical Name and configured to use only the selected security authority, the

Logix Designer

application checks the ID of the

FactoryTalk Security

server to see if it matches the ID stored in the project.

If the ID matches, the

Logix Designer

application checks the

FactoryTalk Security

server and finds the Logical Name (that matches the controller name), or the permission set associated with the project, and gets the permissions for the current user/computer combination.

If the ID does not match, the project uses the Guest User permissions defined for that permission set or Logical Name.

When a user opens a project that has been secured but has not
been configured to use only the selected security authority, the

Logix Designer

application checks the connected

FactoryTalk Security

server, finds the Logical Name or the permission set associated with the project, and gets the permissions for the current user/computer combination. Rockwell recommends configuring the project to use only the selected security authority to maintain control over the

FactoryTalk

server that secures the project.

IMPORTANT:

When a project is associated with a specific Security Authority, the project is associated with a specific

FactoryTalk

Network directory that is identified by a Security Authority identifier. Projects that are secured and bound to a specific Security Authority cannot be recovered if the security authority identifier of the

FactoryTalk

Network Directory used to secure the project no longer exists. For details about backing up a

FactoryTalk Directory

, see

FactoryTalk

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Use FactoryTalk Security with the Logix Designer application

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