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Chapter 10 Managing Roles and Permissions
Editing and Renaming Roles
Whenyoueditauserdefinedrole,youcanchangeanyoralloftheprivilegesselected
forthatrole.Whencompleted,thesemodifiedprivilegesareimmediatelyappliedto
anyuserorgroupassignedtherole.Youcanalsorenameanexistingrole.
Systemrolescannotbeeditedorrenamed.
To edit a role
1From
theVIWebAccessmenubar,selectAdministration>ManageRoles.
2IntheRoleslist,selecttheroleyouwanttomodify.
3ClickModify.
4Ifyouwanttorenametherole,enterthenewrolenameintheNametextbox.
Thereisnowaytoenteradescriptionfortherole,sothedescriptionintheRoles
listischangedtomatchthenewrolename.Enteradescriptivenameforeachrole
tohelpidentifyit.
5Ifyouwanttochangetheprivilegesincludedintherole,selectordeselectthe
appropriateprivilegesinthePrivilegestree.Expandthetree
asnecessarytoview
theprivilegesineachcategory.
6ClickOK.
Thechangestotherolearesaved.
Removing Roles
Whenyouremoveauserdefinedrole,thedefinitionisremovedfromthelistofroles.
Whenyouremovearolethatisassignedtousersorgroups,youcanremoveallrole
assignmentsorreplacethemwithanassignmenttoanotherrole.
Systemrolescannotberemoved.
To remove an existing role
1Fromthe
VIWebAccessmenubar,selectAdministration>ManageRoles.
2IntheRoleslist,selecttheroleyouwanttoremove.
3ClickRemove.
CAUTIONMakesurethatyouunderstandhowuserswillbeaffectedbeforeremoving
roleassignmentsorreplacingthem.