To connect your Windows and iFIX user accounts using the iFIX Security Configuration program, follow the steps below.
To connect your Windows and iFIX user accounts:
- Create your Windows user accounts locally or on a domain controller. To ensure a secure environment, do not create any local accounts if you are using domain accounts. For more information on using a domain controller with Windows, refer to your Windows operating system documentation.
- If a user account needs to log in to Windows in addition to iFIX, configure that Windows account with necessary rights, as described in the section User Accounts that Log in to Windows.
- Run the iFIX Security Configuration program. In the User Profile dialog box for each iFIX user account, select Use Windows Security, and enter the Windows user name. If the account is local, leave the domain field blank; otherwise enter the name of the domain controller.
The user and domain names you enter must match the names used by a Windows user account. Although iFIX login names can only be six characters for standard iFIX users, iFIX users who have Windows security enabled can have login names of up to twenty characters.
For information on accessing the Security Configuration program, refer to the section The Security Configuration Program. For information on creating and modifying iFIX user accounts, refer to the sections Creating Group and User Accounts and Modifying Group and User Accounts.
