Security Role for read only task

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Assign read only rights for a task to an user not to edit.

Task can be edited even though the permissions are restricted.

Environment

SMP 8.6.x +

Cause

The IIS TaskManagement virtual application had anonymous access enabled

Resolution

Disable anonymous access on the Taskmanagement virtual application in IIS:

1. Open IIS Manager
2. Go to Server Name --> Sites --> Default Web Site --> Altiris --> TaskManagement --> Authentication
3. Double-click on "Authentication" in the middle frame under the Features View
4. Make sure the Status is set to "Disabled" under the "Anonymous Authentication" feature.