Tag: Root Group

Categories
exacqVision Enterprise

Enterprise Manager’s “Root” group has special privileges

Description
If any user is a part of the “root” group in Enterprise Manager this grants that specific user special admin privileges regardless of what type of user OR user role that they are in.

In example..

If a user is tied to a user role where they cant seen specific cameras on a server but also belong to the root group, they will still be able to see those cameras.

Product
ExacqVision Enterprise Manager
Any Exacq brand NVR

Categories
Knowledge Support Support exacqVision Enterprise Categories Products

ESM adds server to root group if user has only one group visible

Description

If a user has only one group visible to them, an attempt to add a server to the group will inadvertently add the server to the root group. And hence be invisible to a user if they are not root user.

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Tested version

5.1.9.115770

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Platform

All

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Add a sub group to root group (testGroup)
  2. Add a user to that group (testUser)
  3. Log out of ESM, and sign in as testUser
  4. Attempt to add a server to your group (testGroup)

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Expected result

Server should be added and displayed on server list page

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Actual result

Server is added but will not be displayed on testUser’s server list page.

This server will be displayed on the root group’s server list page.

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Workaround

Only Add a server through ESM UI if you have multiple groups visible to you.

You can also add a server through the ESM API no matter how many groups you have visible to you.

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