The administration of openFT is distributed over multiple roles so that the individual tasks can be performed by a number of different people.
openFT recognizes the following roles.
FT administrator
The openFT administrator monitors and controls FT operation, i.e. starting and shutting down openFT, setting operating parameters, administering partners, etc.
FTAC administrator
The FTAC administrator monitors FTAC operation, i.e. manages and backs up admission sets and admission profiles.
ADM administrator
The ADM administrator administers the remote administration server. As a result, an ADM administrator only exists for Unix and Windows systems, see also section “Remote administration”.
Who are the FT administrator and FTAC administrator?
The roles of FT and FTAC administrator possess special rights on all systems. The way in which the two roles are assigned to concrete user IDs depends on the platform:
BS2000 systems:
The FT administrator and FTAC administrator are defined via the BS2000 privileges FT-ADMINISTRATION and FTAC-ADMINISTRATION. By default, the two privileges are assigned to the BS2000 system administrator ID TSOS. If SECOS is used on the BS2000 system then the two privileges can also be passed on to another ID.For further details, see manual "openFT (BS2000) - Installation and Operation".
z/OS systems:
The user IDs for the FT and FTAC administrator are defined in a configuration file known as the FT parameter library. Only the system administrator may edit this configuration file. On z/OS systems, the roles of FT and FTAC administrator can both be assigned to multiple IDs.For further details, see manual "openFT (z/OS) - Installation and Operation".
Unix and Windows systems:
On Unix and Windows systems, FT administration rights are linked to the system administration rights, i.e.In multi-user operation on Unix systems, all IDs with root permission (UID=0) possess FT administration rights.
On Unix systems with single-user operation, only the ID under which openFT is running possesses FT administration rights.
On Windows systems, only the Administrator account is an FT administrator by default if User Account Control (UAC) is activated. Other users can, however, run openFT applications such as the openFT Explorer with administrator permissions if they grant the relevant permission in the dialog box displayed by the operating system when the program is started.
Following a new installation, the FT and FTAC administrators are identical. This means that all users who possess FT administration rights on the system are also FTAC administrators.
The FTAC administrator is identified by the fact that the corresponding privilege is defined in his or her admission set. If the roles of FT and FTAC administrator are to be separated, the FT administrator has to privilege the admission set of the (future) FTAC administrator. This is useful, for example, if someone other than the system administrator is responsible for data security.
See the manual "openFT (Unix and Windows systems) - Installation and Operation" for more details.