GAME Installation & Documentation

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Contents 1 GAME Installation & Documentation 1.1 Installation 2 Documentation 2.1 Manage Administrative Users 2.1.1 Admin Permission Details 2.2 To Manage Guest Users 2.2.1 Creation: 2.2.2 Editing:

GAME Installation & Documentation

Installation

To install GAME:

• Step 1:
  • Download the latest version from:
    • http://www.uri.edu/security/software/game.tgz

• Step 2:
  • Extract and upload to the webserver of your choice

• Step 3:
  • Create a MySQL database.
  • Add a user to the database.

• Step 4:
  • Edit the guests_config.php file (see comments in file for in depth descriptions)
    • Enter the database host, database name, username and password from step 3.
    • Redefine the value of Secret
    • Determine the network location you want to access GAME from, define GAME_CIRD_RESTRICT accordingly.
    • Redefine the value of FOR_HELP

• Step 5
  • Run the install.php script
    • If there are errors, try changing the value of SHOW_DB_ERRORS to true and set error_reporting to E_ALL (in guest_config.php) so you can see the error messages.

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• Step 6
  • Delete INSTALL and install.php

• Step 7
  • Login with the default Username/Password
    • Username: admin
    • Password: admin

• Step 8
  • CHANGE THE DEFAULT PASSWORD
    • Click on [Admin Users] then select admin from the users list at the bottom. Edit as necessary.

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Documentation

Manage Administrative Users

• Login and navigate to [Admin Users]
  • Fill in the appropriate information

Admin Permission Details

• Permissions apply to accounts created by other administrators.
  • Normally, View,Delete, and Edit functions are restricted to the administrator that created the accounts, Checking this box allows an administrator to View,Delete, and Edit accounts created by all administrators .

• Can view user
  • Allows an administrator to view the list of guest users

• Can delete accounts.
  • Allows an administrator to delete guest accounts

• Can set no expire option.
  • Allows an administrator create accounts that do not expire

• Can edit preexisting accounts.
  • Allows an administrator to Edit accounts

• Can create new accounts.
  • Allows an administrator to create new accounts

• Can use prefix other than guest_.
  • Allows an administrator to create accounts with additional prefixes, other than guest. Note: The prefix is required ([anything]_ ) to avoid collisions between authentication stores.

• Can leave notes field blank.
  • Allows an administrator to create accounts with out filling in the notes field.

• Can view this page.
  • Allows an administrator to create and edit additional administrative accounts. Note: this would also allow an administrator to change his/her own permissions.

To Manage Guest Users

• Login and navigate to [Home]

Creation:

• Username
  • The user name desired by the guest user. The prefix must be included.
• Password
  • The Guest users password. Valid characters for passwords are A-z0-9-_?&#!$%^*()><.,+.
• Lifetime
  • Select the lifetime duration. Note:When the account expires, the guest user can no longer log in using these credentials. Active guest accounts will not be automatically purged from SafeConnect.
• Name
  • Guest Users Name
• Valid Email
  • Guest Users e-mail Address
• User Notes
  • Any other information about the user (limited to 255 characters)

Editing:

• Select the user from the list of users below
  • The users information will be populated into the fields above.
• Edit the fields as desired
• Click [Edit] to safe Changes