A user is associated with one or more roles, and each role is associated with zero or more permissions. If necessary, you can alter a #rolerole's permissions or #the the list of users a role is assigned to. You can also #rename rename roles.
Follow the instructions below to edit roles in the Management Console.1.
- Sign in. Enter your
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- username and password to log on to the Management Console.
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- Click
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- Configure
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- to access the
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- Configure
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- menu.
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- From the
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- Configure
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- menu, select
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- Users and Roles.
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- On the
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- User Management
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- page, click on the
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- Roles
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- link. The following screen appears:
From here you can:
Changing a Role's Name
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- Locate the role you want to edit, and click on the
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- Rename
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- link associated with it.
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- Enter a new name for the role.
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- Click on the
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- Finish
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- button.
Changing a Role's Permissions
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- Locate the role you want to edit, and click on the
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- Permissions
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- link associated with it.
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- On the
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- Permissions of the Role
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- page, select or deselect permissions assigned to the role using the check-boxes.
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- Click on the
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- Update
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- button to save the alterations.
Adding/Deleting Users of a Role
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- Locate the role you want to edit, and click on the
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- Edit users link associated with it.
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- Select the users that will be assigned to the role. You can conduct a search by name, or you can view all users by entering "*" into the search field.
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- Click
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- Search.
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- Select or deselect users assigned to the role using the check-boxes.
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- Click on the
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- Update
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- button to save the alterations.
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Instructions on how to rename a role, change role permissions, and assign new users to a role in the WSO2 Identity Server. |