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Home > Help > Advanced Functions > Security Groups > Editing a Security Group

Editing a Security Group

Follow the instructions below to edit a security group.

1. Open the Help System 

2. If you are not already logged in, log in as an administrator with 'tools' permissions.

3. Click the 'Tools' button to display the 'tools' form.


4. Click 'Security Groups' to display the Security Groups form.


5. Click on a security group name to edit it. The 'Security Group Detail' form will be displayed.

6. The name field will be disabled. Specify the Default Skin and permissions for this security group. Click 'save' to update the security Group.


Option  

Description

Name

Defines the name of the security group. Once the security group is added, the name cannot be changed.

Default Skin

Defines which skin will be displayed when a user belonging to the security group logs in. If this property is set to '[default]', the skin defined in properties will be applied.

Publish If unchecked, the 'publish' button will not be displayed when users are logged in.
 

 Tools 

If unchecked, the 'tools' button will not be displayed when users are logged in.

Edit Pages If unchecked, the 'edit page' button will not be displayed when users are logged in.
Edit Contents If unchecked, the design contents icons will not be displayed when users are logged in.
Approve Comments If unchecked, users cannot approve reader comments when logged in.


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