Planning user accounts and groups

You can manage user accounts and groups in Rational® DOORS®, or you can use the Rational Directory Server. Whichever solution you choose, take time to plan your user accounts and the naming conventions you want to use for users and groups. If naming conventions are followed consistently, it is easier to manage users and groups, and to manage access controls on data.

Usually, it is best to set up a separate account for each user of your Rational DOORS database. Do not allow different people to share the same user name, or you will not know who made what changes to your data. If a user must modify data, create an account for them, even if they only need it for a few days.

An exception to this rule is if you want to set up a guest account for people who need short-term, read-only access to your data.

Setting up access rights for individual users can be time-consuming. Use groups to save time when you set up access rights for your data.

Bear in mind that each user can be in several groups. There is no limit to the number of groups you can have, or the number of groups that each user can be in.

Naming conventions

Although you can change a user name at any time, Rational DOORS does not record this information. For example, if you change a user name from John to John Smith, you cannot tell whether John Smith is a brand new user or an existing user whose user name has changed.

When planning user names and group names, bear in mind these points:


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