Les Mikesell wrote: > Rainer Duffner wrote: > >>>> I found this pdf with a much nicer overview: >>>> http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=2&q=http://www.ukuug.org/events/spring2009/programme/introduction-to-opennms.pdf&ei=jNvvSd3xDtTelQfphIDZDA&sig2=7vpdGBzMcZoATeczKIZh7g&usg=AFQjCNEy6gnHrSgQOneREKleuRvgAssmHw >>>> >>> ---- >>> downloaded and will check it out after coffee/breakfast - thanks >>> ---- >>> >> Hm. >> Now, I'm in for an off-topic question ;-) >> >> Can OpenNMS delegate the administration of certain groups of hosts to >> different users/groups? >> (While still allowing everybody a "view" right). > > No, you basically have write access or you don't. Different > users/groups can receive different notifications, though. You can have a > passwordless user with read access if you want to make it easier to > embed graphs in other web pages or export data through the web > interface. You can also create logins that get a 'dashboard only' view > that is basically a grid of machines selected by a pair of attributes > (like location and server type) where the grid shows the number total > number of nodes and the count of nodes with services down, and > underneath the grid you can select views with more details for any of > the servers in the group. You can't make any changes from the dashboard > only logins, though. The about to be released 1.7.3 (unstable branch) version is supposed to add per-user acls to control what devices you can see. If you want to help test this feature, grab a copy in a few days or build from the source trunk. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com