By linking JP1/Software Distribution to JP1/Base, you can treat JP1 users managed by the JP1/Base user management functionality as JP1/Software Distribution users. In such a case, authentication of users to use JP1/Software Distribution is performed with the JP1/Base authentication server, rather than with the database.

You can set permissions for individual JP1 users. By creating JP1 users with permissions set for each type of administrator, you can do things like distribute the workload among administrators and specify that only certain administrators are able to change settings. In JP1/Software Distribution, you can configure six types of permissions based on the responsibilities of each administrator. The following table describes the types of permissions available in JP1/Software Distribution.

Table 2-40 Types of permissions provided by JP1/Software Distribution

No.	Permission	Overview
1	System administrator	This permission allows use of all JP1/Software Distribution functionality. It is assigned to administrators who manage the overall JP1/Software Distribution system.
2	Distribution management user	This permission allows distribution and packaging of software. It is assigned to administrators who manage distribution operations.
3	Asset management user	This permission allows collection, totaling, and printing of inventory information. It is assigned to administrators who manage assets.
4	Collection management user	This permission allows remote collection of client files. It is assigned to administrators who manage collection operations.
5	System-monitoring user	This permission allows monitoring of client operation status. It is assigned to administrators who monitor for unauthorized operations.
6	View-only user	This permission allows only viewing of data. It cannot be used to execute jobs or collect inventory information.

With the user management functionality, users must also be authenticated to use the unarchiver. The operations that can be used and the jobs that can be executed differ depending on the permissions. This enables you to prevent operations by unauthorized users and to strengthen security of the managing server.

The following figure provides a conceptual overview of user management when JP1/Software Distribution is linked to JP1/Base.

Figure 2-64 Conceptual overview of user management when JP1/Software Distribution is linked to JP1/Base

You select whether user management is to be available when you install JP1/Software Distribution Manager. To use the user management functionality, you must set up the JP1 users before you begin JP1/Software Distribution operations.

Note that if you use the user management functionality, you cannot use OpenView Linkage.

For details about user management when JP1/Software Distribution is linked to JP1/Base, see 1. Managing JP1/Software Distribution Users by Linking with JP1/Base in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 2.