Tango Access Control in read only mode

Hi @ all,

I installed and configured the Tango Access Control and I have a question about the "Read only Mode".
When I start Astor normally, the "Access Control" light is green and I can start over Tools->Access Control the TAC Manager. I've getting asked for the password. After entering the password the TAC Manager is opening, but I'm in the Read only Mode (see picture in the attachment). This means I cannot modify the rights on the Tango-devices.
Only when I'm starting Astor with the option "-DSUPER_TANGO=true" I'm super user in the TAC manager and I can modify the rights on the Tango-devices. But then I'm not getting ask for the password before entering the TAC manager.
Is this the behaviour it should be? I think it would be good if you open the TAC manager with entering the password (starting Astor without -DSUPER_TANGO=true) that you're not in the read only mode. Is there a possibility to do that?

I also had a look in the sure code of Astor and this behaviour you can find in the TangoAccess.java in line 98

if (isSuperUser())
superUserLabel.setVisible(true);
else {
if (accessProxy.getAccessControl() == TangoConst.ACCESS_READ) {
superUserLabel.setVisible(true);
superUserLabel.setText("Read Only Mode !");
superUserLabel.setForeground(Color.red);
} else
superUserLabel.setVisible(false);
}

Thanks a lot for your help!
Best regards,
David
Hi
If you are supervisor, you don't need a password.
You can configure the TAC for user/IP address/device.
And the specified users will be able to start TAC panel with password if TAC device is authorized for them.
Hi Pascal,

now I understand the concept. Thanks for your quick reply! I tried it and it worked.
Thanks again!

Cheers, David
 
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