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Roles contain permissions for users to manage the Server. You can create different roles with various combinations of permissions and assign them to a user or a group of users. Through the management console, you can also edit and delete an existing user role.

Adding a User Role
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Follow the instructions below to add a user role.

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  • Some external user stores do not allow you to create empty roles. In that case, selecting users who belong to a role is mandatory.
  • If you connect to an external user store in read only mode, you can read existing roles from it but you can not edit/delete the roles. In this case, you can still create new roles which are editable and can be managed internally.
  • If you connect to an external user store in read/write mode, you can edit the roles in the external user store as well.

Editing a User Role
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1. Log on to the product's Management Console and select "Users and Roles" under the "Configure" menu.

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5. The user role will be changed. The program goes back to the user menu.

Deleting a User Role
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Follow the instructions below to delete a user role.

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