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Grant Access to XPS Tools

Access to the XPS Tools included with SiteMinder must be granted to individual users by an Administrator using the Administrative UI.

To grant access to the XPS tools

1. Log into the Administrative UI.
2. Click the Administration tab.
3. Click Administrator, and then click one of the following:
   • To add a new administrator, click Create Administrator
   • To change the access of an existing administrator, click Modify Administrator
4. Enter a name and an optional description in the respective fields.
5. Enter a user path, or click the Lookup button and select an existing user path.

   Note: The user path (specified in the Administrative UI or with the XPSSecurity tool by an Administrator) is required for write access to any of the settings controlled by the XPS Tools. A user path has the following format:
   namespace://directory_server/DN or Login_for_OS

6. (Optional) Select the Super User check box to grant super user rights.
7. Select any of the following check boxes in the command line tools section of the Access Methods group box:
   • XPSEvaluate Allowed

     Grants access to the XPS expression evaluation tool.

   • XPSExplorer Allowed

     Grants access to the tool that edits the XPS database.

   • XPSRegClient Allowed

     Grants access to the XPS tool that registers Web Access Managers or Reports servers as privileged clients.

   • XPSConfig Allowed

     Grants access to the tool that examines configures XPS settings in XPS-aware products.

   • XPSSecurity Allowed

     Grants access to the security tool which creates XPS users and specifies their XPS-related privileges.

8. (Optional) Select the check box of any other access you want to grant.
9. (Optional) To restrict the user's access to specific categories only, click the Create button, and then select the categories you want.
10. Click Submit.

    Your changes are submitted and a response appears.