Setting Firewall Rules for Location Groups

Users who share a common location, as defined by IP addresses and device names, can form Location Groups. The names of these groups consist of a percent symbol ("%"), an at symbol ("@"), and the name of the location. For example, users in a Chicago branch office can be added to a %@CHICAGO group and limited to working from IP addresses in that area.

Users in Location Groups inherit the group's services and its authorities.

You can define and modify Location Groups from the Work with Location Groups screen. To reach the screen, select 6. Location Groups from the Work with Users screen (STRFW > 3).

The Work with Location Groups screen appears.

​                          ​ Work with Location Groups​                                                                                                              ​ Type options, press Enter.​                                                        ​ 1=Select  3=Copy  4=Delete  5=Members​          ​ 7=Where used​ ​ 8=DSPFWLOG​                                                          ​ Subset . . . .​           ​   ​ Opt​ ​ Loc.Group​  ​ Members​                                                        ​ ​  ​  ​ %@AABB    ​ ​        ​  ​                                                   ​    ​  ​  ​ %@FLOOR1  ​ ​     5  ​  ​                                                   ​    ​  ​  ​ %@FLOOR2  ​ ​        ​  ​                                                   ​    ​  ​  ​ %@GUI     ​ ​        ​  ​ Work with GUI                                     ​    ​  ​  ​ %@PGM     ​ ​        ​  ​ Location group of programmers                     ​    ​  ​  ​ %@111     ​ ​        ​  ​ Location Group %@111                              ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ​       Bottom​                                                                                   ​                                                                                 ​

The Loc. Group column lists Application Groups known to Firewall. The Members column shows the number of users included in the group.

To add a group, press the F6 key. The Add Location Group Security screen appears, as shown in Adding Firewall Settings for a Location Group.

To print the list of groups and their network server settings, press the F8 key.

To modify the settings for a group, enter 1 in the Opt column for that group. The Modify Location Group Security screen appears, as shown in Modifying Firewall Settings for a Location Group.

To copy the settings from one group to another, enter 3 in the Opt column for that group. The Copy Definition screen appears, as shown in Copying Firewall Settings for a User or Group

To delete the settings for a user or group, enter 4 in the Opt column for that user or group. The Delete User Security screen appears, as shown in Deleting Firewall Settings for a User or Group

To add, remove, or change the members of a group, enter 5 in the Opt column for that group. The Modify Group of Users screen appears, as shown in Changing the Members of a Firewall Group