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Users

When you define a user, you establish the user's privileges. User privileges define the general type of privilege a user has to perform activities that affect the global environment where CA Ideal functions. You must define at least one privilege for a user.

Some privileges imply other privileges. The following table illustrates the lesser privileges implied by the selection of a specified privilege.

The following list provides an explanation of the terms in the preceding table:

IDEAL Administrator

The highest authorization given to a user of CA Ideal. A CA Ideal administrator can perform any command or service, including all services governed by all other privileges. This authorization is the only one that does not restrict the user to any specified system.

PRINT Administrator

Authorizes control over the print environment. This can allow the use of privileged commands that manage outputs.

DVW Administrator

Authorizes the use of functions such as executing the CATALOG dataview command.

IDEAL User

Authorizes the user to sign on to CA Ideal and to use those commands that require the minimum privilege for a user of CA Ideal. Generally, a CA Ideal user can execute only those commands that affect the current session.