FastX 5 Permissions

Admins can set permissions to limit users access to certain options in applications.  Admins can access this setting by going to the Admin Settings under Users > Permissions.

Admins have full user permissions as well as full manager permissions.  Admins also have special access to the System section of the FastX Web Server which allows them to configure FastX.

• Admin Groups – Linux user groups that will be admins.  Input admin group name and hit enter to add to group.
• Admin Users – Users that will be admins.  Input username and hit enter to add as admin.

A manager can perform a limited subset of manager actions.  Manager actions include interacting with sessions that the manager does not own, viewing server information, viewing user info etc.

• Enable Manager – Enables Manager permissions.  If this is disabled, there are no managers.
• Manager Groups – Input group name and hit enter.  Click “x” to delete the group. Input manager group name and hit enter to add the manager group.
• Manager Users – Input user name and hit enter.  Click “x” to delete the group. Input username and hit enter to add as manager.

• Session Actions – Unchecking any of the following options will disable the action(s) for managers.
  • Session Info
  • Sharing – Session Sharing
  • Connect – Launch an application
  • Disconnect – Disconnect from a running session
  • Parameters – Set parameters for a session
  • Exec
  • Log – Access logs of a session
  • Purge – Purge an active session from host
  • Terminate – Terminate an active session
• User Actions
  • User – Restricts User Actions
• Server
  • Server – Restricts Server Actions

A full user can perform ALL the user level actions available to the user.

• Full User Groups – Linux user groups that will be full users. Input group name and hit enter to add the full user group.
• Full User Users – Users that will be full users. Input username and hit enter to add as full user.

A limited user can perform a subset of user level actions as defined by the administrator.  Actions include starting and interacting with applications, creating applications, viewing the users own user profile etc.

• Enable Limited Users – Check the box to enable limited users.

• Start Actions
  • Start Session from Application
  • Start Session with Custom Command
• Applications
  • System Applications – Access to global applications
  • User Applications – Access to user’s applications
• Session Actions
  • Session Info – Access to application information
  • Shortcuts – Access to shortcuts
  • Sharing – Session Sharing
  • Connect – Launch an application
  • Disconnect – Disconnect from a running application
  • Parameters – Set parameters for an application
  • Exec
  • Log – Access logs of a connected application
  • Purge – Purge an active application from host
  • Terminate – Terminate an active session
• User Actions
  • Edit User Profile
  • File Download – Download files using the File Mananger
  • File Upload – Upload files to the server using the File Manager

• Disabled Groups – Linux user groups that will be disabled. Input group name and hit enter to add disabled user group.
• Disabled Users – Users that will be disabled. Input username and hit enter to add disabled users.