Grass Valley Open SAN Security User Manual

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 1 Designing a Security Schema

Sample Security Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

NewsShare System Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Permissions and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Step 2 Setting Up a Domain Controller

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing Windows 2000 Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adding the Domain Controller to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adding the New Machine to the Parent Domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Configuring the Domain Controller with Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuring a New Domain Tree With Integrated DNS . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuring a Child Domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring DNS With Forwarder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Adding FSMs and Profile Servers to the Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Creating Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Creating Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adding Users to the New Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Step 3 Discontinuing Open SAN Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Step 4 Joining Machines to the New Domain

For Each DNP Workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

For Each FSM and Profile Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Step 5 Modifying CVFS for Open SAN Security

Adding Windows Security to CVFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Cycling the FSMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Step 6 Turning the System Back On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Step 7 Setting Security Permissions

Setting Initial Shared Volume Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Setting High Level Shared Volume Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting NewsEdit Root Level Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting NewsEdit Bin Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Step 8 Using a Reference Time Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Step 9 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by
phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page
on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to
problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:

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[e-mail].

Phone Support

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Preface

Authorized Support Representative

Profile Users Group

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To
locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support
Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions
or share advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to profi[e-mail] to
join the community and benefit from the experience of others.

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Introduction

With Open SAN security, you can control the visibility and access for users and
groups within NewsEdit bins by associating the bins and assets with file system
permissions. Open SAN security uses the overlapping modes of inheritance,
exclusivity, and group membership, as implemented by Windows, to establish
file system security. These principals apply:

• Selective access—You create groups of users, such as Editors or Producers,
and set permissions for each group.

• Partial control—You control access to branches of the Bin tree for users and
groups.

• Administrative control—The Administrator has exclusive access to a tool in
the top-level bin that allows the setting of permissions in the top-level bins.

Steps 1-3 can be completed at any time in preparation for Open SAN Security.
Steps 3-9 must be done with the NewsShare system off line, during a
maintenance window.

To use Open SAN security in your newsroom, follow these steps:

Step: Description Refer to...

1 Design a security schema Page 9

2 Create and configure a Domain Controller Page 13

3 Discontinue the Open SAN Service Page 33

4 Join computers to the new domain Page 35

5 Add Windows Security to the CVFS configuration Page 37

6 Turn on the Open SAN Failover Monitor Service and reboot all

client machines and Profile Media Servers

7 Set permissions for the shared volume Page 43

8 Optionally, install and configure NetTime on the FSMs and

Profile Media Servers

9 Test to make sure that security is working Page 53

The rest of this manual discusses each of these steps in detail.

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Step

Designing a Security Schema

The first step in setting up security in your Open SAN system is to determine a
schema for permissions. The schema determines which groups you create, and
which permissions you give each group.

Thomson Grass Valley has created a typical schema for use in illustrating
security principles in this document. You may use this schema if it is
appropriate for your newsroom, or create your own. For the examples in this
manual, we’ll assume that the newsroom has five groups: Editors, Producers,
Archivists, Ingestors, and Viewers.

The Open SAN security principles are agnostic to these groups, though the use
of groups greatly simplifies the establishment of the security schema. We
picked these names as exemplary; you do not need to use them in your
operation. You can have as many or as few groups as you like, named however
you wish. If your domain has a tree hierarchy, you may assign permissions to
global groups as well.

The discussion in this chapter pertains to planning groups, users, and
permissions. The actual creation of domain entities and setting of permissions
are done in Step 8.

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Sample Security Schema

The following table lists the groups and permissions being used as an example
in this document:

News Group Bin Permissions

Domain Administrator All Full control

Editors Monday-Sunday Read/Write/Delete in top level bins, but

Feeds Read only

HFR Read/Write

Archive Read/Write

Producers Monday-Sunday Read/Write

Feeds Read only

HFR Full control

Archive Read/Write

Archivists Monday-Sunday Read only

Feeds Read/Write

HFR Read only

Archive Full control

Ingestors Monday-Sunday Read only

Feeds Full control

HFR None (permission denied)

cannot delete material from newscast bins.

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Archive Read/Write

Viewers Monday-Sunday Read only

Feeds Read only

HFR Read only

Archive Read only

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NewsShare System Users and Groups

NewsShare System Users and Groups

At a minimum, you need to create two user-group sets for use by certain
components of the NewsShare system:

Group User Members Password

Profile Services profile profile

Vibrint Services VibrintService triton

Permissions and Groups

In addition to the groups you’ll create for your newsroom, you need to create
one group to manage the Profile Media Servers, and set permissions for three
built-in groups—Domain Admins, Everyone, and SYSTEM. Based on our
security schema, the following table illustrates how groups and permissions are
set for the various NewsEdit folders and bins:

Use
Windows
Explorer

Use
NewsEdit
Tools | Set
Root
Permissions

Domain Admins

Everyone

SYSTEM

V:\

V:\media

V:\PDR

V:\Thumbnails (inherit control from V:\)

V:\VibrintAttic (inherit control from V:\)

V:\VibrintAVFiles
**

**

FFF F

FF

FF FF F

F FL RL RL RL R L R F

Archivists

Editors

Ingestors

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Viewers

Profile Services

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Domain Admins

Everyone

SYSTEM

Archivists

Editors

Ingestors

Producers

Viewers

Profile Services

Use Bin
Security
Properties

Monday-Sunday
Bins

Feeds Bin

HFR Bin

Archive Bin

F

= Full Control

L

= List Folder Contents

= Read

R

= Write

W

= Delete

D

-

= Deny

**

= Inheritance is blocked at this level

F F -W -D W D -W -D W -D L R

F F W -D -W -D W D -W -D L R

F F -W -D W -D -F W D L R

F F W D W -D W -D W -D L R

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Step

Setting Up a Domain Controller

A Domain Controller is a separate machine running Windows 2000 Server
software and configured with Active Directory. If purchased from Thomson
Grass Valley, an XRE is used. If the sole responsibility of the machine is to act
as a domain controller, SMG- or customer-furnished equipment may be used,
provided that it meets the specifications necessary to host Windows 2000
Server.

In general, you need to follow these guidelines for the Domain Controller:

• The Domain Controller cannot be an FSM.

• A separate Domain Controller and related domain node should be allocated
to the technical LAN subnet. This Domain Controller should also have
sufficient access to all related LANs to establish trusts and provide
authentication services.

• An XRE can be used to host another NewsEdit product, SmartBins.

• The domain controller may be remote to the Open SAN, but needs high
availability and direct configurability by your newsroom engineering
department.

• Consistent with the Windows domain model, the domain controller may also
use a backup within the Open SAN subnet.

• You can either create a Domain Controller as a new domain tree or as a child
domain to an existing Domain Controller on your network.

• For normal newsroom operation, if the domain controller is a member of a
forest or tree, the Domain Controller can be subordinate: trusting but not
trusted.

The configuration of Microsoft Windows domains with Active Directory is a
broad and deep topic that is documented extensively by a variety of resources,
including Microsoft’s website. Each news organization has different
infrastructure and policies regarding the configuration of domains. What
NewsShare Open SAN security requires is an Active Directory zone with at

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least one dedicated Windows 2000 Server domain controller; there are several
ways to achieve this, and the choice appropriate for your organization depends
on your organization’s culture, infrastructure, and IT policies.

In planning, you need to determine the relationship of the new domain to its
tree; whether it will use integrated, delegated, or standalone DNS; and whether
the domain controller’s mode will be mixed, in order to interoperate with pre­Windows 2000 domain controllers, or native, allowing advanced features,
particularly greater opportunity in configuring user groups. The recommended
configuration to effect the most flexible control of the technical domain is to
run integrated DNS on a native-mode domain controller.

This guide details two of the many ways to set up a domain controller with
Active Directory:

• First node in a domain tree, integrated DNS, (mixed-mode) permissions
compatible with pre-Windows 2000 servers.

• Child node in an existing domain tree, (integrated) DNS in the parent,
(native-mode) permissions compatible with Windows 2000 servers and
higher.

As an adjunct step, depending on the trust relationship between the domain
controllers for NewsShare and those of the larger organization, the use of a
standalone DNS with forwarding may be necessary to achieve a highly isolated
domain. This configuration step is detailed as well.

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Overview

To create a Domain Controller, follow these steps:

Install Windows 2000 Server software page 16

Add the Domain Controller to the network page 16

Overview

What to do Refer to...

Add the new machine to the parent domain (if creating a child
domain)

Configure Active Directory page 19

Add all FSMs and Profile Media Servers to the new domain page 23

Create new groups page 25

Create users as necessary page 27

Add users to the new groups page 29

page 18

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Installing Windows 2000 Server Software

Install the Windows 2000 Server software following the network configuration
for your news station.

See the

2000 Server Online Help

Microsoft Windows 2000 Security Configuration Guide

for more information.

or the

Windows

Adding the Domain Controller to Your Network

You need to add the new Domain Controller to your existing network:

1. Right-click on My Network Places and select

The Network and Dial-up Connections window opens.

2. Right-click on the Ethernet Adapter icon and select

3. Select

4. Click

Internet Protocol

Advanced

The Advanced TCP/IP Settings window opens:

.

and click

Properties

Properties

.

.

Properties

.

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Add

DNS

.

tab.

5. Click the

6. Click

The TCP/IP DNS Server window opens:

7. Add the IP Address of the DNS server and click

Add

.

If this domain controller is also a DNS server, enter its own IP Address.

and close all windows.

8. Click

OK

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Adding the New Machine to the Parent Domain

If you are creating a child domain, you need to add the Domain Controller to
the parent domain. If you are creating a new domain tree, you can skip this step.

To add a machine to the Parent Domain:

1. Right-click on My Computer and select

2. Select the Network Identification tab and click

The Identification Changes window appears:

3. Click

Domain

and type

TGV

as the domain name.

Properties

.

Properties

.

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.

4. Click

5. Enter the username and password for the administrator account on the

6. At the Welcome message, click

7. Reboot the computer.

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OK

The Domain Username And Password window appears.

domain tree root system, and click OK.

.

OK

Configuring the Domain Controller with Active Directory

Configuring the Domain Controller with Active
Directory

The next step is to configure your Domain Controller using the Windows
Active Directory wizard. Follow one set of instructions below for the type of
domain you are configuring—either a new domain tree or a child domain.

Configuring a New Domain Tree With Integrated DNS

1. If the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server screen doesn’t appear
automatically after your computer restarts, click

Administrative Tools | Configure Your Server

Start | Programs |

.

2. At the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server screen, click

Active Directory

in the left pane.

3. Click

Start the Active Directory Wizard

.

4. Configure the Domain Controller following these instructions:

On this screen... Do this...

Welcome Click

Domain Controller Type Select

Create Tree or Child Domain Select

Create or Join Forest Select

New Domain Name Enter the name of the new domain, and click

NetBIOS Domain Name Leave set at the default value and click

Database and Log Locations Leave set at default values and click Next.

Shared System Volume Leave set at default value and click Next.

Configure DNS Select

<<message>> If you see a message that the DNS server can’t find the new

Next.

Domain controller for a new domain. Click Next.

Create a new domain tree and click Next.

Create a new forest of domain trees; click Next.

Next.

Next.

Yes, install and configure DNS on this computer

and click Next.

domain name, click
It means the domain name isn’t yet part of the system.

OK and continue with the installation.

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On this screen... Do this...

Permissions Select Permissions compatible with pre-Windows 2000

servers and click Next.

This selection sets up the domain controller in mixed­mode.

Directory Services Restore

Enter triton twice and click

Next.

Mode Administrator Password

Summary Review your choices and click

Next. Your summary

should look like this:

Configure this server as the first domain
controller in a new forest of domain trees.

The new domain is named "xxxx". This is also
the name of the new forest.

The NetBIOS name of the domain is “xxxx”

Database location: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Log file location: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Sysvol folder location: C:\WINNT\SYSVOL

The DNS Service will be installed and configured on
this computer.

Permissions compatible with pre-Windows
2000 servers will be used with this domain; this
will allow anonymous access to domain
information.

Completing the Active
Directory Installation Wizard

Click Finish. The computer prompts you to reboot so the
new settings take effect.

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Configuring a Child Domain

1. If the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server screen doesn’t appear
automatically after your computer restarts, click

Administrative Tools | Configure Your Server.

Configuring a Child Domain

Start | Programs |

2. At the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server screen, click

Active Directory

in the left pane.

3. Click

Start the Active Directory Wizard.

4. Configure the Domain Controller following these instructions:

On this screen... Do this...

Welcome Click Next.

Domain Controller Type Select

Create Tree or Child Domain Select

Network Credentials Enter the User name and Password of the Domain tree

Domain controller for a new domain.

Click Next.

Create a new child domain in an existing domain

tree and click Next.

root, the name of the Domain, and click

Next.

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On this screen... Do this...

Child Domain Installation Enter the name of the Parent domain; enter the name of the

Child domain, and click Next.

NetBIOS Domain Name Leave set at default value and click

Next.

Database and Log Locations Leave set at default values and click Next.

Shared System Volume Leave set at default value and click Next.

Permissions Select

Directory Services Restore

Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000

servers and click Next.

Enter triton twice and click

Next.

Mode Administrator Password

Summary Review your choices and click

Completing the Active
Directory Installation Wizard

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should look like this:

Next. Your summary

Configure this server as the first domain controller in a new
domain.

The new domain is named “tgv.DOMAIN.gvg”

The NetBIOS name of the domain is “TGV”

This new domain is a child domain of the domain
“DOMAIN.gvg”

Database location: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Log file location: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Sysvol folder location: C:\WINNT\SYSVOL

Click Finish. The computer prompts you to reboot so the
new settings take effect.

Configuring DNS With Forwarder

If your installation must function in isolation from the enterprise DNS, yet have
access to machines outside the technical LAN, e.g., if you have an experimantal
setup that must access a newsroom computer system, a useful alternative to
joining the enterprise domain is to establish an independently-rooted forest
with isolated DNS.

In this case, you need to configure a DNS forwarder as follows:

Configuring DNS With Forwarder

1. Select

2. Select your Domain Controller, right-click and select

3. On the Forwarders tab, check

Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | DNS.

Properties.

Enable forwarders.

4. Type the IP address for the DNS Server where you want to forward and click

Add.

5. Click

Apply.

6. Close the window.

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Adding FSMs and Profile Servers to the Domain

Because the FSMs and Profile Media Server components of the Open SAN
system are Windows NT-based machines, before joining the machines to the
domain, you need to add their names to the new domain you are configuring.

To add a machine:

1. Select

2. Right-click on the Computers folder and select

3. Enter the name of the FSM or Profile Media Server.

Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Active Directory Users

and Computers.

New Computer.

The New Object - Computer window appears:

The pre-Windows 2000 Computer name automatically fills in.

4. Check

5. Click

6. If you see a message saying the computer name contains non-standard
characters, click

The warning is caused by the underscore that is used in naming the clients of
the shared volume.

7. Repeat steps 2-5 for any other FSMs or Profile Media Servers you have.

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Allow pre-Windows 2000 computers to use this account.

OK.

Yes to use this name anyway.

Creating Groups

You create groups on your Domain Controller according to the security schema
you created in Step 1. Use this table as a guideline for creating your groups:

Group Name Group Scope Group Type Required?

Creating Groups

Vibrint Services The Group Scope is dependent on what

Profile Services Security Yes

Archivists Security Optional

Editors Security

Ingestors Security

Producers Security

Viewers Security

Other groups as necessary for your newsroom

type of Domain Controller you are
configuring.

a

Security Yes

a. If you are working in a mixed-mode domain, your only practical scope choice
is Global, which is what is documented here. In a native-mode domain, other
choices are available. Consult the Windows Active Directory documentation on
group scopes.

1. Select

Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Active Directory Users

and Computers.

2. In the console tree, double-click the domain node.

3. Right-click the Users folder, select

New and then select Group.

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The New Object - Group window appears:

4. Type the name of the new group.

5. Click

6. Click

7. Click

Global for the Group Scope.

Security for the Group Type.

OK.

The new group appears in the list.

8. Repeat steps 3-7 to create additional groups.

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Creating Users

You need to create the users who will become members of the groups you just
created. Users represent each person who logs on to a NewsEdit computer. If
you are creating a new domain tree, you need to create each user using the
directions below. If you are creating a child domain, and will get your users
from the parent domain, you can skip this step.

Regardless of the type of Domain Controller you are configuring, you need to
create these two users:

Full name User logon name Password

profile profile profile

VibrintService VibrintService triton

Creating Users

1. Select

Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Active Directory Users

and Computers.

2. In the console tree, double-click the domain node.

3. In the details pane, right-click the User folder, select

The New Object - User window opens:

New then select User.

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4. Enter the user’s first name, initials (if desired), last name, and full name.

User logon name, enter the name that the user will log on with and, from

5. In
the drop-down list, select the correct domain for the user.

6. Click

7. In

Next.

Password and Confirm Password, enter the user’s password.

8. Select the appropriate password options.

9. Click

10. Review the summary of the new user and click

Next.

Finish.

The new user is added to the User folder.

11. Repeat steps 3-10 to create additional users.

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Adding Users to the New Groups

Adding Users to the New Groups

Once you’ve created groups and users, you can add the users to their respective
groups. If you are configuring a child domain, you may select users from the
parent domain.

You also need to add the profile user to the Profile Services group, and the
VibrintService user to the Vibrint Services group.

This table illustrates how users fit into groups you previously defined:

Group Name Users Required?

Profile Services profile Yes

Vibrint Services VibrintService Yes

Editors Administrator Optional

joe edit 1

joe edit 2

joe edit 3

joe producer

To add a user to a group:

1. Select

Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Active Directory Users

and Computers.

2. In the console tree, double-click the domain node.

3. Click the folder that contains the group to which you want to add a member.

4. In the details pane, right-click the group and select

Properties.

The group_name Properties window appears.

5. Click the

Members tab and then click Add.

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The Select Users, Contacts, or Computers window opens:

6. Click

Look in to display a list of domains from which users and computers

can be added to the group, and then click the domain containing the users you
want to add.

7. Click the users to be added, then click

The users appear in the lower box.

8. Click

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OK.

Add.

Adding Users to the New Groups

The members you added appear in the Members tab:

9. Click

OK to close the window.

10. Repeat steps 3-8 to add users to groups.

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Step

3

Discontinuing Open SAN Service

In order to modify configurations and make other changes, you need to
discontinue all activity on the Open SAN system.

To discontinue Open SAN service:

1. Close all DNP workstation applications, such as NewsEdit, FeedClip, and
NewsQ.

2. Close all Profile Media Server VDR panels.

3. Stop SmartBin Service, if running.

4. Stop the Failover Monitor Service on the backup FSM.

See your Open SAN documentation for instructions.

5. Stop the Failover Monitor Service on the primary FSM.

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Step 3 Discontinuing Open SAN Service

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Step

4

Joining Machines to the New Domain

Once you’ve set up the Domain Controller, you need to join each computer in
your newsroom network to the new domain. Computers in the DNP system are
one of two types of Windows machines—DNP workstations run Windows 2000
system software, and the FSMs and Profile Media Servers run Windows NT 4.0.
Follow the instructions below for each type of computer in your Open SAN
system.

For Each DNP Workstation

To join a DNP workstation computer to the new domain:

1. If you’re using the new domain controller as a DNS server, make sure that
the DNS configuration for each machine’s ethernet connection has the new
Domain Controller as its priority DNS Server.

2. Right-click on My Computer and select

3. Select the Network Identification tab and click

4. Click Domain and type

5. Click

6. Enter the domain name and password for the domain tree root and click

7. At the Welcome message, click

8. Reboot the computer.

OK.

TGV as the domain name.

OK.

Properties.

Properties.

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OK.

Step 4 Joining Machines to the New Domain

For Each FSM and Profile Media Server

To join a FSM or Profile Media Server to the new domain:

1. If the FSM or Profile Media Server is a member of another Domain (instead
of a Workgroup), you need to disjoin that domain.

2. If you’re using the new domain controller as a DNS server, make sure that
the DNS configuration for each machine’s ethernet connection has the new
Domain Controller as its priority DNS Server.

3. Right-click on My Computer and select

4. Select the Network Identification tab and click

5. Click Domain and type

6. Click

7. Enter the domain name and password for the domain tree root and click

8. At the Welcome message, click

9. Reboot the computer.

OK.

TGV as the domain name.

OK.

Properties.

Properties.

OK.

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Step

5

Modifying CVFS for Open SAN Security

The CentraVision File System (CVFS) runs on the File System Manager(s) as
part of the Open SAN system. In order to use security on NewsEdit
workstations, you need to modify the CVFS configuration to use Windows
Security.

This section discusses how to:

• Add Windows security to CVFS

• Power cycle the FSMs

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Step 5 Modifying CVFS for Open SAN Security

Adding Windows Security to CVFS

NOTE: You cannot use the CVFS Configuration Tool to add
Windows Security to CVFS. Using the Configuration Tool changes
other settings you don’t want to modify.

To add windows security to CVFS:

1. On the primary FSM, go to

2. Using Notepad, open the file

3. In the line item

If the line item doesn’t exist, add it to the file.

Windows Security, change the value to YES.

C:\MediaAreaNetwork\config.

default.cfg.

4. Save the file and exit Notepad.

5. Repeat these steps on the backup FSM.

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Power Cycling the FSMs

Once you’ve modified the CVFS configuration, you need to power cycle the
FSMs, as follows:

1. Shut down the backup FSM.

2. Reboot the primary FSM.

3. Power on the backup FSM.

Power Cycling the FSMs

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Step 5 Modifying CVFS for Open SAN Security

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Step

6

Turning the System Back On

Before you set permissions on the NewsEdit machines, you need to turn the
system back on:

1. Turn on the Failover Monitor Service on the FSMs.

See your Open SAN documentation for instructions.

2. Reboot all client machines, including Profile Media Servers.

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Step 6 Turning the System Back On

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Step

7

Setting Security Permissions

The last step in setting up security for your DNP system is to set permissions for
the NewsEdit folders and bins. You again use the security schema you created
in Step 1 to determine permissions for users and groups.

You can set all permissions from one NewsEdit machine. You need to set
permissions in three different places—in the V:\ directory, in NewsEdit options,
and in the NewsEdit bins.

You need to be logged in as Domain Administrator in order to set security
permissions.

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Step 7 Setting Security Permissions

Setting Initial Shared Volume Permissions

This task assures a uniform starting point in setting volume permissions,
essentially establishing the secure volume’s permissions to be identical to
either a CVFS volume that does not implement Windows Security, or a default
NTFS volume.

To set shared volume permissions:

1. Open a cmd window, switch to the V: drive, and type the following:

cacls V:\* /T /G Everyone:F

2. Open Windows Explorer, select the V: volume, right-click and select

Properties.

3. Click the

4. If necessary, add the user Everyone and allow Full Control.

5. Click

objects and enable propagation of inheritable permissions.

6. Click

defined permissions... Do you wish to continue?

Security tab.

Advanced... and check the box Reset permissions on all child

OK and click Yes in response to the dialog This will remove explicitly

7. Click OK to exit the Properties window.

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Setting High Level Shared Volume Permissions

Setting High Level Shared Volume Permissions

Permissions on the V:\ folders are set using Windows Explorer. First you add
the group(s) to the drive and then set security permissions for that group. For
the folders that are inheriting permissions from the folder above it, you don’t
need to set them; they automatically use the permissions they inherit.

Domain Admins

V:\

V:\media

V:\PDR

V:\Thumbnails (inherit Full Control from V:\)

V:\VibrintAttic (inherit Full Control from V:\)

FFF FF

FFFF F*F*

Everyone

F* F*

SYSTEM

F = Full Control

* = Inherits permissions from the folder directly above it

To set permissions on the V:\ folders:

1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the V:\ drive.

2. Right-click on the desired folder and select

The default V:\ Properties window opens:

Archivists

Editors

Properties.

Ingestors

Producers

Viewers

Profile Services

Vibrint Services

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Step 7 Setting Security Permissions

3. Under the Security tab, click Add.

The Select Users, Computers, or Groups window opens.

4. Select the group you want to add to the drive folder and click

The group adds to the bottom pane of the window.

5. Click

OK.

6. Check the box for Full Control in the Allow column.

7. Click

OK.

8. Give Full Control permission to the other groups—Domain Admins,
Everyone, and SYSTEM.

9. Select the V:\PDR drive and do the following:

a. Uncheck

this object.

b. Add these groups: Profile Services, Editors, and Ingestors.

c. Set Full Control permissions for these groups.

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Add.

Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propogate to

Setting NewsEdit Root Level Permissions

Setting NewsEdit Root Level Permissions

Permissions for V:\VibrintAVFiles are set in NewsEdit options. First you add
the group(s) to the drive and then set security permissions for that group. You
need to login to this machine as Domain Administrator to set root permissions.

Domain Admins

Everyone

SYSTEM

Archivists

Editors

Ingestors

Producers

Viewers

Profile Services

Vibrint Services

V:\VibrintAVFiles

F = Full Control
L = List Folder Contents
R = Read

To set permissions for VibrintAVFiles:

1. Open NewsEdit and select

The Permissions for V:\VibrintAVFiles opens:

F FL RL RL RL R L RFF

Tools | Set Root Permissions.

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Step 7 Setting Security Permissions

2. Uncheck Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propogate to this

object.

A Security message appears:

3. Select

Copy.

4. Remove the current permissions.

5. Select the Everyone group and click

Remove.

6. Add each of the groups you created for your newsroom (if you are using the
typical security schema, add the groups Archivists, Editors, Ingestors,
Producers, and Viewers).

7. Set permissions for each group according to the chart on page 47.

8. Click

OK.

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Setting NewsEdit Bin Permissions

Setting NewsEdit Bin Permissions

Permissions for the NewsEdit bins are set in the Properties tab for each Bin.
Follow the instructions below and set the permissions for each bin in your top­level NewsEdit bin.

Monday-Sunday
Bins

Feeds Bin

HFR Bin

Archive Bin

F = Full Control
L = List Folder Contents
R = Read
W = Write
D = Delete

- = Deny
* = Inherits permissions from the folder directly above it
** = Inheritance is blocked at this level

Domain Admins

F* F* -W -D W D -W -D W -D L R*

F* F* W -D -W -D W D -W -D L R*

F* F* -W -D W -D -F W D L R*

F* F* W D W -D W -D W -D L R*

Everyone

SYSTEM

Archivists

Editors

Ingestors

Producers

Viewers

Profile Services

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Step 7 Setting Security Permissions

To set permissions for NewsEdit bins:

1. In the NewsEdit bin, right-click on the first bin and select

The Bin Properties window for that bin opens:

Properties.

2. Click the Security tab.

3. Change permissions for each group listed based on the chart on page 49.

4. Click

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OK when you are done setting permissions.

Step

8

Using the Domain Controller as a
Reference Time Source

Windows 2000 machines automatically synchronize their time with the Domain
Controller, when joined to the domain, but Windows NT machines do not. If
your configuration relies on NetTime to synchronize such machines, you can
use the Domain Controller as the reference server for NetTime clients,
eliminating the need for a separate NetTime server. You do not need to run a
NetTime server on the domain controller.

To redirect NetTime to use the Domain Controller as its time source:

1. Select

2. In the System Tray, right-click on the NetTime icon and select

3. Click

4. Add the name of the Domain Controller and select

5. Click

Start | Programs | NetTime | NetTime.

Settings.

SNTP from the Protocol

drop-down list; leave all other settings as is.

OK.

Properties.

A summary window appears.

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Step 8 Using the Domain Controller as a Reference Time Source

6. Click Update Now.

7. Repeat for the other FSMs or Profile Media Servers on your Open SAN
network.

While these steps will synchronize the clients with the domain, depending on
your IT practices and policies, you may still need and wish to synchronize your
domain’s time with a world time source. Among other sources, consult the
Microsoft white paper The Windows Time Service for Windows 2000, or the
Microsoft KB Article 216734, How to Configure an Authoritative Time Server
in Windows 2000.

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Step

Testing

9

After creating and configuring the Domain Controller and setting permissions
for NewsEdit bins, you should test the system to make sure that the security is
working:

• NewsEdit system operation:

Basically, check that permissions exist functionally where they should and
that permissions are denied functionally where they should be denied. A
Viewer user should not be able to write or delete. Significantly, where a user
is denied all permissions (as might be the case for an investigative report that
should be editable by only a small group) make sure that users outside the
group have no access and no availability in the private group. Check that
delete permissions are truly denied. Check that read only users in a particular
bin cannot write.

• Winking:

Winking requires a complicated security relationship between several
processes. Therefore, it’s important to check that users who were expected to
be able to wink can wink. Create a clip in a common-cluster Profile and wink
it to a non-SmartBin using NewsEdit. Likewise, create a NewsEdit clip and
wink it to a Profile non-SmartBin.

• SmartBins:

Since SmartBins on an Open SAN function by winking, they have similar
dependencies to user-initiated winking. Check that a clip recorded on a
Profile SmartBin appears in the associated NewsEdit SmartBin and vice­versa.

• Conformance Server:

The Conformance Server has overlapping permissions needs. Publish a story
out of NewsBrowse Advanced Edit to make sure that it works.

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Step 9 Testing

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