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lack of permissions within biolink #157

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
When logging into biolink we do not have sufficient priviledges to edit or add 
anything.

We have just setup a new install of SQL server 2012 and added the blank/default 
biolink database. Users are logging in using their windows credentials on 
windows 7 and a few XP machines. we installed the biolink program locally on 
each machine.

There seems to be a default account called "biolink" within the users and 
groups area that is a "biolink default user." All options are greyed out.
Is there a default password for this account? Or a way to log on to create 
other users and edit permissions?

Regards
Nick

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nick.ste...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2012 at 5:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi Nick,

Unfortunately, currently the only way to bootstrap the permissions system in a 
new BioLink install is to temporarily enable 'mixed mode authentication' on 
your SQL Server instance, and login to Biolink as 'sa'. This can be turned on 
by navigating to the security tab on the SQL Servers properties page within the 
SQL Server Management Studio and supplying a password for the 'sa' account.

The SQL Server 'sa' account is treated as a special case in BioLink, and has 
full rights. As 'sa' you can add and configure users and groups, including 
setting up individual permissions. Once you have created a BioLink user with 
sufficient rights to create and modify other users, you can disable the sa 
account if you wish. 

When working with integrated security (NT authentication) you will need to 
create a user within BioLink with the same name as the Windows User account on 
which to bestow permissions (Tools -> Settings -> Users and Groups) - I don't 
think you need to include the domain portion of the username if you are part of 
a Windows domain. For example, if your domain name is MYDOMAIN\Nick, simply 
create a BioLink user with the username 'Nick' - if this doesn't work, try 
using the domain as well.

Hope this helps.

Regards, David.

Original comment by david.ba...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2012 at 8:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi Nick,

Just checking if the above information proved helpful with regard to your 
BioLink installation? If so, I'll close this issue.

Cheers, David.

Original comment by david.ba...@gmail.com on 18 Jun 2012 at 1:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by david.ba...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2012 at 5:07