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mmuth1-Visitor
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August 14, 2014
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Disabling User Access for System Maintenance

  • August 14, 2014
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I am curious how folks limit user access during a maintenance evolution. PTC suggests limiting access via Apache. How do you limit access, not only for Apache web servers, but for other servers as well?


Thanks,


Mary-Ann

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GaryMansell12-Amethyst
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August 15, 2014

Mary-Ann,


I am not quite sure I understand what you mean by "deny access for other servers" - ultimately everything accesses Windchill via the Apache webserver (as far as I am aware), so if you restrict Apache access to the Windchill System then nothing can access the Windchill System.


I do this quite simply by having two copies of the c:\ptc\apache\extra\conf\app-Windchill-Auth.conf file and switch them with a batch file when I want to allow/deny all users apart from wcadmin.


The default that allows everyone access to the system has multiple lines in it looking like this:


require user wcadmin


Then the batch file restarts Apache to make the changes current. To change back is the reverse.



Rgds


Gary

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