All about authorization, authentication and login-customization.
The WinCC OA user administration provides important features for controlling users that use the system. Security is an important issue in the automation technology when controlling highly sensitive systems and it is of utmost importance that the users of the system have only access to the specified area of operation. With the WinCC OA user administration, you can administer users so that they can use the resources effectively without inflicting damage to the system inadvertently or otherwise
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The function returns the domain, the user name, the full name, the description and the groups of the Windows user logged in.
The function returns the user name, the full name, the OS ID, the domain and the comment of the current user.
Returns the operating system ID of a specific user group.
Returns the attributes of a domain group.
Returns the group name for an OS specific ID.
Returns an array containing the attributes of all groups of a domain (no local groups).
Returns all users of a group.
Returns an array containing the attributes of all groups a user is member of.
Returns the operating system ID of a specific user.
Returns the attributes for a user "userName".
Returns the user name for an OS specific ID.
The function getUserPermissionForArea() gets the user permission for an area.
The function returns the Windows events. The events under Windows are split into three different log types.
Sets the name of a WinCC OA user for SSO.
Deletes a user setting from the configuration management.
The function returns TRUE (in the &result parameter) if the user with the defined user name exists, the account of the user is not locked or disabled and the specified password is correct. The default user is the current operating system user.
Reads all workstation settings without hierarchy.
Reads a specific workstation setting without hierarchy.
Reads a specific workstation setting with hierarchy.
Reads all workstation settings with hierarchy.
The OIDC Authentication feature introduces support for the OpenID Connect® (OIDC) standard in WinCC OA, enabling integration with modern identity providers for secure, token-based user authentication.
This topic provides an overview of the built-in OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider, its integration, configuration, and user management in WinCC OA projects.
The Device Management allows you to define which WinCC OA UI connections (mobile application and Desktop UI) are allowed to connect to your project. Additionally a direct overview over the available licenses and currently connected devices is shown.
The inactivity management in WinCC OA prevents not authorized persons or persons with a wrong identity to use a workplace for forbidden or not traceable operations.
The WinCC OA Access Control Plug-in can be used to control the access to datapoints (read, write, display) via user rights.
The authorization check plug-in allows setting access rights on datapoint element level (datapoint values).
In a more and more networking world, a WinCC OA system could be exposed to different types of attacks. An unauthorized WinCC OA system could connect to the distribution manager or hackers could try to manipulate WinCC OA messages.
The WinCC OA login framework provides a framework that is easy to extend. The WinCC OA login panels can be easily replaced by user-specific panels without having to re-implement the functionality.
You can use the system use notification panel to display an instruction to the user when logging into the WinCC OA system. The user must confirm the notification before logging into the WinCC OA project.
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