The SPD Server system
uses its own layer of access controls that overlay the file-system
access permissions. SPD Server processes run in the context of a Windows
user ID, and that user owns all of the resulting SPD Server file resources
that are created.
The SPD Server password
file gives you better access control to SPD Server's data resources
than a native Windows user ID does. Many sites do not want to give
Windows accounts to SPD Server system users, but they still want protection
and ownership of the data resources that are created in the SPD Server
environment. In this case, SPD Server user IDs provide an extra layer
of access control.
You need to be familiar
with the SPD Account Manager.
If you do not use SPD
Server user IDs, you need the SPD Server password file. Without the
SPD Server password file, the data server process does not function
correctly. To disable the use of SPD Server user IDs at your site,
specify the -NOACL option when you start the data server process.
If you use SPD Server
user IDs, add them to the SPD Server password file that was created
during installation. The SPD Account Manager reads its commands from
STDIN so you can pipe commands to it from another command, script,
or input file.