Setting Up Compliance Mode

Setting up Compliance mode should be performed by your IT team. It requires administrative rights and a clear understanding of your network operating system.

The task involves creating several required ModFit LT user groups for your computer or domain, and then adding users to those groups. Once the groups are defined, the program automatically operates in Compliance mode.

ModFit LT User Groups

There are three (3) user groups for Compliance mode: ModFitAdmins, ModFitEditors, and ModFitUsers. Optionally, you can define an additional user group, ModFitResearchers, for research users within the Compliance setting who are not restricted by Compliance requirements.

The table below shows the kinds of features that group members can access.

Feature	ModFitAdmins	ModFitEditors	ModFitUsers	ModFitResearchers	RUO Mode Any user
Set shared folder location	Yes	No	No	No	No
Edit Preferences	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Check for Updates	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Edit Logging	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Create and Edit Models	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Edit Databases	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Select Models	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add files to batch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Run a batch of files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Log and Preference folder	Shared	Shared	Shared	Per user	Per user

Setting Shared Folder location

When Compliance mode is enabled, there is an additional command that appears on the Options tab of the ribbon bar for ModFitAdmins. In Toolbar mode, the command appears in the Edit menu.

The Select Shared Folder command is used to select a settings folder that is shared by all users in Compliance mode. The common settings folder ensures that all Compliance-mode users work with the same configuration.

ModFitAdmins can use this command at any time to set or change the location for shared settings. Other users will not see this command.

Creating User Groups

The program requires at least one of the ModFit LT user groups to be defined in order to run in Compliance mode. ModFit LT user groups can be defined for your computer or for your entire domain using tools provided by the operating system. This is typically done by information technology personnel because it requires administrative rights.

The advantage of defining the user groups at the domain (network) level is that the groups are defined for all computers on the domain at the same time. If you define the user groups on an individual computer, those groups are available only on that computer.

Below we describe how to create user groups on a Windows server or on a Windows compute as examples. The specific methods you need to use may differ depending on the version of the operating system you are working with.

After you have defined the user groups and added users to them, ModFit LT will detect the groups when it starts up and operate in Compliance mode automatically.

Windows Server User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an entire network or domain. Note: if you use this technique, you do not need to define user groups on each individual computer.

On a domain server, launch the "Active Directory Users and Computers" administrative tool.
Right click the "Users" folder in the left panel and choose New->Group. The New Group dialog is displayed.
Type ModFitAdmins for the group name and click OK.
Once the group is created, double-click the group in the list to display the Properties for the group.
Click the Members tab and click Add to select members for the ModFitAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the ModFitAdmins group. Members can be added by typing user names, or by using the dialog's search features.
Repeat this process for the ModFitEditors, ModFitUsers, and optionally ModFitResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
Once the groups are created and users are added to them, the program will automatically use Compliance mode when it starts up and is connected to the domain.

Windows Computer User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an individual Windows computer. Note, if you already defined user groups for your domain, you do not need to define the groups again for each computer.

On a Windows 7 computer, right click Computer and choose "Manage". For Windows 10 and newer, right click the Windows button (lower left) and choose "Computer Management". The Computer Management app will display.
Expand "System Tools" and "Local Users and Groups" in the left panel.
Right click the "Groups" folder and choose "New Group". The New Group dialog is displayed.
Type ModFitAdmins for the group name and enter a description for the group.
Click Add to select members for the ModFitAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the ModFitAdmins group. Members can be added by typing user names, or by using the dialog's search features.
Click Create to create the new local user group.
Repeat this process for the ModFitEditors, ModFitUsers, and optionally ModFitResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
Once the groups are created and users are added to them, the program will automatically use Compliance mode when it starts up on that computer.

Mac OS X User Groups

Follow these steps to define user groups for an individual Mac OS computer.

On a Mac OS computer, launch System Preferences. Choose "Accounts" or "Users and Groups", depending on the version of the OS.
Click the lock icon to authenticate to make changes. This will require administrative rights.
Click the "+" button under the list of users and groups. The "New Account" dialog is displayed.
Change the New Account type to "Group".
Type ModFitAdmins for the group name and click "Create Group".
Select the users you want to be members of the ModFitAdmins group. You should have at least one user in the ModFitAdmins group.
Repeat this process for the ModFitEditors, ModFitUsers, and ModFitResearchers groups, adding appropriate users to each group.
ModFit LT will run in Compliance mode the next time it starts.