Restricting Access to the Entire Server

You may want to allow access to users in a group who access the server from computers in a subdomain. For instance, you may have a server for a company department that you only want users to access from computers in a specific subdomain of your network.

To restrict access to the entire server

Using the steps described for setting access control for a server instance (see Setting Access Control for a Server Instance), do the following:

Steps

1. Access the Server Manager for the server instance.

2. On the Preferences tab, click the Administer Access Control link.

3. Select the entire server from the drop-down list, click Select, and then click the corresponding Edit button. The Access Control Rules For page displays.

4. Add a new rule to deny access to all.

5. Add another new rule to allow access to a specific group.

6. Use From Host to specify the host names and IP addresses you want to restrict.

7. Click Submit to save your changes.