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Properties window. Select the role on the Role-Based Security Control

Panel and click Edit to display the Role Properties window.

Delete a Role

When a role is deleted from the matrix configuration, the accounts

belonging to the role will automatically lose their membership in that

role. Roles are deleted on the Role Properties window. Select the role on

the Role-Based Security Control Panel and click Edit to display the Role

Properties window.

To delete a role from the command line, use this command:

mx role delete <role>

View Role Information from the Command Line

To list the roles that have been configured in the matrix, use this

command:

mx role list

To see the user and group accounts associated with a role, use this

command:

mx role listmembers <role>

Manage Account Information from the Command

Line

The mx account commands can be used to assign a role to an account,

remove a role from an account, list the roles assigned to an account, and

search for specific accounts.

Assign Roles to an Account

Use this command:

mx account assignrole

--form <ID|NAME> --type <GROUP|UNKNOWN|USER>

<account> <role> ...

The --form option specifies whether you are entering the name or ID of

the account (

NAME is the default). The --type option specifies whether the

account is for a user or group (

GROUP is the default).