Permissions - Viewing PDF Instances of a Crystal Report

I have the following registered and installed products.
Crystal Server V1
Crystal Reports V1
I have a number of crystal reports setup to schedule to create a pdf output instance.
I am trying to allow specific Active Directory Groups access to view the PDF instances of the Crystal report. The users are only allowed access to view the PDF instance not the Crystal report. The users will view the pdf instance within InfoView.
Can someone please let me know the correct path, as I have been through the permissions and have set everything to allow and the report nor the pdf's show.
Thanks for your assistance.
Regards

Does not look like you are using this in a .NET app at all(?). That being the case, you're in the wrong forum. And if this a high priority, having BOE you should have phone support. I suggest you contact support via phone. Else, you can create a case here;
http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjamer/DisplayProductByTypePage&parentCategoryID=&categoryID=11522300
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