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Effective Rights

The Effective Rights tab of the Entry Access dialog box displays the rights a user or group has for a document or folder. When calculating the effective rights for a user or group, inheritance from folders higher in the folder tree is taken into account, as is group membership.

Viewing Effective Rights

To view the effective rights for a specific trustee

  1. Select the entry you want to view rights on, and either right-click or open the Tools menu, and then select Access Rights.
  2. Open the Effective Rights tab, and click Choose.

    Tip: If you want to view the rights for the trustee you are currently logged in as, they will already be displayed by default and you can skip to step 4.

  3. From the Choose Trustee dialog box, select either Repository trustee or Domain account depending on the type of user you want to view effective rights for. For domain accounts, click Browseto open the Select User or Group dialog box.
  4. Review the rights granted to the specified user.

To view the effective rights for a specific trustee

  1. Select the entry you want to view rights on, and either right-click or open the Files menu, and then select Access Rights.
  2. Open the Effective Rights tab, and click Choose.

    Tip: If you want to view the rights for the trustee you are currently logged in as, they will already be displayed by default and you can skip to step 4.

  3. From the Choose Trustee dialog box, select the trustee whose effective rights you want to view.
  4. Review the rights granted to the specified user.

Effective Rights Dialog

The Choose Trustees dialog box allows an administrator to select a user, group, or Windows or LDAP account. After making the selection, that trustee account's effective rights for a previously selected document or folder will be displayed.

The Select a trustee dialog box allows an administrator to select a user, group, or Windows or LDAP account. After making the selection, that trustee account's effective rights for a previously selected document or folder will be displayed.

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