Login overview

When you launch the Management Client, you must first enter your login information to connect to a system.

With XProtect Corporate 2016 or XProtect Expert 2016 or newer installed, you can log into systems that run older versions of the product after installing a patch. The supported versions are XProtect Corporate 2013 and XProtect Expert 2013 or newer.

The system allows administrators to set up users so they can only log into a system if a second user with sufficient rights authorizes their login. In this case, XProtect Smart Client or the Management Client asks for the second authorization during login.

A user associated with the built-in Administrators role has always permission to authorize and is not asked for a second login, unless the user is associated with another role that requires a second login.

To associate login authorization with a role:

Set Login authorization required for the selected role on the Info tab under Roles, so that the user is asked for additional authorization during login.
Set Authorize users for the selected role on the Overall Security tab under Roles, so that the user can authorize other users' logins.

You can choose both options for the same user. This means that the user is asked for additional authorization during login, but can also authorize other users' logins, except for his/her own.