Administrative Rights for Pervasive Users
w/o Designating as Operating System Administrator

Administrative-level rights give access to:

• Create and configure named databases and tables
• View or modify a table design with Table Editor
• Set engine configuration options
• View and set engine monitoring values
• View certain engine configuration settings

Example: Allow the auditer to remove users from the Pervasive monitor, while not giving the administrator user name and password to the user.

Workgroup Networks

Note: You must be logged in on the server where the Pervasive engine is installed with administrative rights  for this to work.

Add the user group Pervasive_Admin group under computer Management.

1. Select Computer Management from the Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools submenu.
2. Expand Local Users and Groups, right-click on the Groups folder, and select "New Group".
   
3. Name the group Pervasive_Admin.
   
4. Click Create.

Any users added to this group have the rights to access the Pervasive monitor.

Domain Networks

Note: You must be logged in with domain administrative rights on the domain controller where active directory is installed.

1. Add the user group Pervasive_Admin group under Active Directory:
   
   
   1. Select Active Directory Users and Computers from the Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools submenu.
      
      
   2. Right-click on the Domain Name and select Group from the New submenu.
      
      
   3. Set Group Name to Pervasive_Admin, and select the Domain Local radio button under Group Scope.
      

   In the following example, the “Night Audit” user is added to the Pervasive_Admin group by selecting the Users folder, right-clicking on Night Audit, and selecting Properties.
   
   
   
   Select the "Member of" tab, click the Add button, enter Pervasive_Admin in the "Enter the object names to select" box, then click OK.
   
   
   The "Member of" tab should then display as:
   

2. Allow logon rights for the Pervasive_Admin user:
   
   1. Select Domain Controller Security Policy from the Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools submenu.
      
      
   2. Select Allow log on locally" from the Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment submenu.
      
   3. Click the "Add User or Group " button.
      
   4. Enter "Pervasive_Admin" as the "User and Group Names" and click OK.
       
   5. Reboot the server.