How to Properly Use Access Plans, User Groups, and Tokens

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SUMMARY

This article provides some general guidelines for the proper use of access plans, user groups, and tokens.

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There is a misconception about the association between access plans and tokens that must be clarified. A section of the documentation discusses access plans as owning not only users, but also having lists of tokens associated with the access plan, so the users would inherit the tokens. The SQL system is structured so this inheritance can occur, but it's not recommended, in part because of changes to the schema coming in Microsoft Commercial Internet Server (MCIS) 2.0, and in part because this is not the intended use.

To use each of the two "group" schemas (access plans and user groups), keep in mind the following guidelines:

In this way, you can use association with an access plan for billing, and association with user groups for access and security.
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Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: January 28, 1998