Changing Default Security Setting

When SmartBatch is initially installed security is enabled so that only the user that installed SmartBatch or a Windows Administrator can obtain access.  This access is set in the esservice.exe.config file which is located in the bin folder where SmartBatch is installed.

To change the access provided by the installer :

Edit the esservice.exe.config file with notepad or other text based editor.  The file is located in the directory where SmartBatch is installed (e.g., c:\program files\online toolworks\SmartBatch\bin\esservice.exe.config).

1.Change the following line as shown to provide access by any Windows account.

    <add key="AllowUser" value="All" />

change to a specific domain\user to provide access to only this account (other Windows account are added using the Administrator as described under Managing Roles and Users):

    <add key="AllowUser" value="domain\User />

The domain\User value provided is a single user that should have access.  Additional users can obtain access by adding them using the capability provided below.  The single user provided here must be the Windows account used for the SmartBatch Executive Service.  If you are using the Local System account for the service, you do not specify this value.  You can place any other Windows account that should have access here.

Note:  You will need to be able to logon as the AllowUser so that you can initially setup other users in  the SmartBatch Administrator.

2.Save the file.

3.Stop and Restart the SmartBatch Service in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

4.You can now add additional users if necessary using the Manage Security capability described in the topic: Managing Roles and Users.