YouTube - which category?

[Guest theeldergeek]

Our Smoothwall is set up with various AUP's (Teachers, Students, 6th Formers etc) and I've noted that if I allow say YouTube in the "custom allow" section of any of the AUP's, it allows it globally - that is, all the AUP's are affected by the custom allowed content rather than just the one in which you are entering it.

 

I want to be more specific than this, and in this instance, only allow (for example) "Teachers" and "6thform" groups access to YouTube.

 

How can I do this in the categories for each AUP? They are only generic listings rather than specific URL's. Or can it be done more specifically? If so, how?

 

Happy to log a support call if needed as we do have Bronze cover, but hopefully someone can give me the answer via the forum.

[RinSewand]

Under guardian > filtering > policy are the 'custom blocked content' settings applied to the relevant groups correctly - or have you got something global set?

 

eg we have;

 

group: students

filter: Custom Student blocked

Time: always

Action: Block

[tom_newton]

Suggest you create your own custom cat - call it "youtube", then add that to a filter (call it elevated access filter, or whatever makes sense to you) then apply that filter with an allow action to the relevant groups, and hit "apply changes".

 

HTH - apol for terse response. on train

[Guest theeldergeek]

Under guardian > filtering > policy are the 'custom blocked content' settings applied to the relevant groups correctly - or have you got something global set?

 

eg we have;

 

group: students

filter: Custom Student blocked

Time: always

Action: Block

 

Yes, we have this. We have a (long) list of groups, some are "allow" some are "block". If I click on the "Teachers AUP - Allow" filter, I then get a screen with a long list of categories under which there is a "user defined" selection. It's when I alter this user defined selection (in this case, allow) that it affects all the filters, not just the one I want.

 

Is that what is supposed to happen? If not, our configuration is biffed.

[Guest theeldergeek]

Suggest you create your own custom cat - call it "youtube", then add that to a filter (call it elevated access filter, or whatever makes sense to you) then apply that filter with an allow action to the relevant groups, and hit "apply changes".

 

HTH - apol for terse response. on train

 

OK, will give it a go.... choo choo!