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Create or Edit an Access Control Policy

AfteryouenableACEfeaturesforavirtualmachine,youcancreateapolicytocontrol

whichenduserscanaccessaninstalledACEpackageandturnitintoanACEinstance.

ThispolicyalsocontrolswhichuserscanpoweronanACEinstance.

To create or edit an access control policy

1 SelecttheACE‐enabledvirtualmachineandchoo

seVM>ACE>Policies.

2Inthepolicyeditor,selectAccessControlandcompletethefieldsinthesettings

panel.

3ClickOK.

4VerifythatthenewsettingsappearcorrectlyontheACEtabinthevirtual

machine’ssummaryview.

Ifyouchangeanactivationsetting,thepolicytakeseffectwhenanewins

tance

fromthispackageisinstalledan

dactivated.Youcanalsoeditanimported

keywordlist.

5 (Optional)Tochangetheauthenticationsettingfromonetypetoanother,createa

policyupdatepackageanddistributeittotheuser.

Activation Settings

UseactivationsettingstocontrolwhichuserscanactivateanACEinstanceafteritis

installed.Theactivationdateisusedfortheexpirationpolicy.

IfyouuseanACEManagementServerwithActiveDirectory,thecontrolsinthe

ActivationsectionenableyoutoopentheActiveDirectoryUsersandGroupsdialog

x.The

machineonwhichWorkstationrunsmustbeinthesamedomainforwhich

theACEManagementServerisconfigured.User‐listchangesareeffectiveatthenext

startupoftheinstance.

IfyoudonotuseActiveDirectoryorifyouarecreatingstandaloneACEinstances,the

settingspanelinc

ludesthefollowingoption

sforactivationpasswordsorkeys:

 None–Nopasswordorkeyisrequired.Anyusercanactivatethisinstance.

 Password–Theusermustenterthepasswordthattheadministratorusesto

activatethisACEinstance.Youmustprovidetheuserwith thepasswordthrough

emailorothermeans.

ForstandaloneACE‐enabledvirtualmachines,yousetthepasswordduringthe

packagingprocess.

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