Role based security is on the DB side - bit like groups in network logons. Makes for easier admin as you can just give a user a role or roles and that gives them the appropriate accesses. Not clever... Postgre can do it... -----Original Message----- From: Mark Evans To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Sent: 4/28/03 2:27 PM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Latest on my LEA's plans for admin systems. In their latest newslatter they say from more things about SIMS.net, apparently copied straight from Capita's marketing department. Anyway havn't Microsoft just dropped using *.net <snip>
Supports personalised user accounts and role-based security, curriculum management, school calender management and attendance code management.
What is "role-based security". What about security tied to workstations and users? Right near the end we have the only apparent innovation, the calender... -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763