Security Registry Keys

Security controls are defined using special Windows registry keys. Those keys are sub- keys of the base security key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Micro Focus\\ChangeMan ZDD\\Security

  The table below summarizes each of the security keys and its purpose. The names “server” and “chgman” represent the actual names of your server or ChangeMan instance.

Key	Privilege
User	Allows user to use the ChangeMan ZDD product. This key is only checked when ChangeMan ZDD is installed as a per- user installation.
Administrator	Allows user to change system-wide configuration settings.
Servers\server	Allows user access to a server.
Servers\server\chgman	Allows user access to a ChangeMan instance. User must first have access to the parent server.

You define security controls by assigning permissions to the designated registry key. If a user has read permission to the registry key, then he has permission to the corresponding privilege in ChangeMan ZDD.

The recommended way to assign permissions is using groups, rather than specific user accounts. The permission will apply to all users who are a member of the group.

However, do not use the built-in group “Administrators” as a basis to assign ZDD permissions.

Even if you are a member of “Administrators”, that group is not active unless you are running with elevated privileges (i.e. “Run as administrator”). The Windows File Explorer does not normally run with elevated privileges.