Configuring power users

GFI EndPointSecurity enable you to specify Active DirectoryA technology that provides a variety of network services, including LDAP-like directory services. (AD) users and/or user groups, as power users. Power users are automatically given full access to devices connected to any target computer covered by a protection policy. You can define sets of power users on a policy-by-policy basis.

You should exercise caution when using this feature, since incorrectly specifying a user as a power user will lead to that user overriding all restrictions of the relevant protection policy.

To specify power users of a protection policy:

1. Click Configuration tab > Protection Policies.
2. From Protection Policies > Security, select the protection policy to configure.

3. From the right pane, click Power users in the Security section.

Power users options

4. In the Power Users dialog:

• Option 1: Click Add… to specify the user(s)/group(s) that will be set as power users for this protection policy, and click OK.
• Option 2: Highlight user(s)/group(s) and click Remove to demote from power users, and click OK.

To deploy protection policy updates on target computers specified in the policy:

1. Click Configuration tab > Computers.
2. From Common tasks, click Deploy to all computers….