Inheritance

A user initially shares the settings of the User Setting Level in which the account was created. When you view user properties, inherited settings are marked by gray check boxes. You can override inherited settings by clearing or selecting the check box.

The check boxes toggle through three settings:

• Inherited - A gray check box means no changes have been made by the administrator to the settings inherited from the User Setting level. This is a neutral indicator and simply means the user's setting is the same as the User Setting Level for that option.

• Overridden, allowed- A black check mark indicates that the administrator has overridden this inherited setting. This setting is enabled for the user even if it is disabled in the User Setting Level.

• Overridden, not allowed- A blank check box means the administrator has overridden this inherited option. This setting does not apply to the user, even if it is enabled in the User Setting Level.

You can change a user’s User Setting Level by dragging and dropping the user into a different level. The account's inherited settings change to reflect the settings of its new User Setting Level; however, if an account contains modified (overridden) settings and is moved to a new User Setting Level, those modifications remain in effect at the new User Setting Level.