You can modify a subject's access to an extended ACL target. You can also remove a subject from a target to remove the subject's access settings for the target.

To modify a subject's access to an extended ACL target

About this task

To modify a subject's access settings at an extended ACL target, follow the steps described in the topic Setting a subject's access to an extended ACL target (in the related links), except that you select the subject rather than add it.

If you select a subject in the Extended access at target dialog box and the subject's access settings are grayed out, check that you have the access required to change the settings. You need Manager access in the database ACL or Editor access in the database ACL with Administer access to the selected target.

If you have the required access to make the change and the subject's access settings are grayed out, the subject's access to the selected target is set at an ancestor target with the scope This container and all descendants. In this case you can do one of the following:

• At the selected target, click Add to add the subject to the selected target and set different access for the subject at the target. The new access to the selected target overrides the access set at the parent target. If you choose the scope This container and all descendants the new access applies to all subordinate documents of the selected target as well. If you choose the scope This container only, documents categorized within the immediate scope of the selected target inherit the new access settings, but documents in subcategories of the selected target retain the access settings specified of the parent target.
• Select the higher-level target, select the subject at that target, and change the access. The changes apply to documents directly within the scope of that target and to documents contained in all subcategories of the that target, including the target for which the subject's access is grayed out.

Before you begin

Make sure you have one of the following levels of access:

• Manager access in the database ACL
• Editor or Designer access in the database ACL and Administer extended ACL access to the target from which you are removing the subject. A database manager or someone with the Administer access to the target must give you this access.

Remove a subject from an extended ACL target to remove the access settings specified for the subject at the target.

Procedure

1. Open the database with the extended ACL, and choose File -> Application -> Access Control.

2. With Basics selected, click Extended Access.

3. In the Target box, select the target from which you want to remove the subject.

4. In the Access List box, select the subject that you want to remove, and click Remove.

5. Click OK. When you see the prompt Save changes before exiting? click Yes to save the changes and close the "Extended access at target" dialog box.

6. Click OK to close the Access Control List dialog box.

Related concepts
Extended ACL target
Setting up and managing an extended ACL
Elements of an extended ACL
Extended ACL

Related tasks
Setting a subject's access to an extended ACL target

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