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1.2.5. Changing Custom Channel Permissions

Custom channels can be restricted to specific organizations and systems. Situations where this would be useful would include:
  • Restricting channel content to specific organizations and systems for qualifying purposes like testing different software configurations before production
  • Controlled distribution of licensed or third-party packages

1.2.5.1. Modifying Custom Channel User Permissions

Prerequisites

It is assumed that there is an existing channel that needs permission changes.

  1. Log in to the Satellite server as a channel or organization administrator.
  2. Click Channels → Manage Software Channels.
  3. Click the channel whose permissions need to be modified.
  4. Scroll down to the Channel Access Control → Per-User Subscription Restrictions and Only selected users within your organization may subscribe to this channel.
  5. Click Update Channel to save the changes.
  6. Click the Subscribers subtab and select the users that should be able to subscribe to the channel.
  7. Click Update.