The Pinnacle Administration module is used to administer the security of the entire Pinnacle system. This is done by maintaining users, groups, members and access rights. The Administration Module is also used to maintain the default settings for all other modules in Pinnacle.
Pinnacle's security system is based on users, groups and access rights. Each user of the system needs to be recorded in the Administration module's user list and made a member of one or more groups. Access to the various parts of the system is controlled at the group level. All the users in a group receive the access rights that have been assigned to the group. A user can be a member of any number of groups.
The Administration module also provides a number of reports to assist with administering security.
To set up the security system, the system administrator will need to:
Define each user in the users table.
Identify groups of users that will have a common set of access rights and define these groups in the groups table.
Assign the appropriate access rights to each group.
Assign each user to the appropriate group or groups.