Set up user security

Setting up user security involves installing application libraries, and setting up user groups and profiles.

This topic guides you through the tasks necessary to set up user security on your system by using the command line interface. The following table highlights each of the steps involved in setting up user security.

Table 1. Steps in setting up user security
Step	What you do in this step	What worksheets you use
Load applications	Create owner profiles. Load your applications. Application libraries and objects should be on the system before you complete the remaining steps.	System values selection Application description
Set up user groups	Create job descriptions, group libraries, and group profiles.	User group description
Create profiles for users in the group	Create individual user profiles	User profile worksheet
Create a personal library for each member of the group	Create individual libraries	Library description

Install application libraries
This topic covers the security steps necessary to load your application libraries to your system.
Set up user groups
This article describes the tasks for setting up user groups.
Create profiles for users not in a group
Copy the first individual user profile to create additional members in the group. Look at each individual profile carefully when you create it with the copy method.
Limit access to program functions
The limit access to program function allows you to define who can use an application, the parts of an application, or the functions within a program.

Parent topic: Implement your security strategy

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User security