Security Explorer 9.9 - User Guide

Getting Started with Security Explorer

Quest® Security Explorer® has a robust interface that adapts to the explorer module you select so you are able to focus on the task at hand. In this chapter, you will find information about the overall user interface, such as menus, icons, and adjusting the display.

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Starting Security Explorer

NOTE: Users who are not local administrators can start Security Explorer, but the functionality is limited to actions that do not require local administrator rights.

The first time you open Security Explorer®, the Browse tab opens to display three panes. The Navigation pane on the left contains the tree from which you can drill down to objects on your system and the Security Explorer modules available to you. The Objects and Permissions panes are used to further drill down to view the permissions of objects.

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Using the Navigation pane

The Navigation pane on the left contains the tree for the selected module. You can browse the tree and select an object. You can select objects from the local computer, or browse the Network Neighborhood or Active Directory®. You can also group objects into Favorites or Enterprise Scopes. See Managing Favorites and Managing Enterprise Scopes.

NOTE: NTFS Security only. If you select a network share for which you have no rights to read any resource in that network share, you are presented with a dialog to enter custom credentials. You can save the custom credentials to Windows® Credentials. If you do not save the custom credentials, Security Explorer® uses them until you log off.

The Navigation pane has five tabs.

Security Explorer is organized around modules: NTFS Security, Share Security, Registry Security, Printer Security, Service Security, Task Management, Group and User Management, SharePoint Security, SQL Server Security, Exchange Security, and Active Directory Security. For example, click the Share Security button to manage share permissions or click the Printer Security button to manage printer permissions.

Other components of the main window are optional and can be hidden from view. The Menu Bar and Tool Bar provide options and icons to perform functions in Security Explorer. The Loading Progress Bar displays the progress of loading permissions and allows you to stop the load if necessary.

Using the Objects pane

The Objects pane in the Browse tab displays the contents of the item selected in the Navigation pane. The path to the object displays in the Path box.

NOTE: If you see in the tree in the Navigation pane, the item was loaded from the cache, which is also indicated by CACHE in the status bar. You can disable the cache indicator by clearing the View indicator when items loaded from cache check box on the Tools | Options |Advanced tab. See Setting advanced options.