dmskrnl [Authentication] section clarification, please

Hi Dean,

You may also define allow/deny security from the ProjectWise Administrator - Datasource Properties dialog. Once there, go to the Security tab, and enter Allow/Deny statements as requied.

The advantages are:

• It will write the DMSKRNL.CFG file for you
• These security settings are datasource specific. So if you have multiple datasources, you may lock users out of one, while leaving the other available

You will also find that these settings get recorded in the database-specific [db0] section of the CFG file, not in the global section.

Hope this helps,

Gary

That is correct, "Allow" rules are treated as exceptions to "Deny" rules.

from the dmskrnl file

; ------------------------------------------------------------
; This section defines global authentication settings
; ------------------------------------------------------------
; Each of entries in this section is a list of IP addresses or machine names
[Authentication]
; allow deny/connection from..
;Allow=193.25.4.*;test1
;Deny=

 if I add:

 Allow=myMachineName

Deny=*

Will that keep everyone (including other PWServers) from logging in but someone on my machine?