User Roles and Groups

Created by Sanjay Kumar, Modified on Wed, 4 Sep at 8:16 AM by Sanjay Kumar

Summary

There are different types of groups through which the users' permissions are managed.

The article below guides us about the different levels of groups and how to manage users.

Different Groups and their Permissions level:

User Roles	Can	Cannot
Browsers	See all the devices	See any configuration
Operators	Browser permissions + Execute Jobs	Modify templates or add/remove nodes
Engineers	Operator permissions + Modify nodes, sites, services, templates	Modify Modeling
Modelers	Engineer permissions + Modify Modelling	Change user permissions
Managers	Modeler permissions + Modify user permissions	Modify system settings
System	Manager permissions + Modify system settings

Manage users:

Add User

We will be creating a new user ID named Sam part of Engineer group

Admin -> Users & Groups -> Users -> New

Supply the User ID: Sam (In this case)

Saving this and changing the Group ID to Engineers -> Save

Set password

Scroll down to Authentication

Enter the New password and Confirmation password and select Set Password

Select Expire -> Save, this will prompt the user to change the password in next login

Add users via CLI:

vendor_support.pl add NetYCE NetYCE NetYCE01.

This will create user NetYCE of group NetYCE using password NetYCE01 as a system user.

Modify User permissions

User permissions are defined by the Group to which the user belongs. Changing the group will change the user permissions/level.

For ex: If we want to upgrade the user Sam from Engineer to Manager, below are the steps to follow.

Admin -> Users & Groups -> Users -> Sam -> Group ID -> Managers -> Save

Resetting User Password

If we have to reset the password, this would be similar to the password set process earlier discussed.

Below is the example of resetting the password for the user Sam

Admin -> Users & Groups -> Users -> Sam -> Authentication -> New password (type the password) -> Confirmation (type the confirmation password) -> Set Password

Select Expire -> Save, this will prompt the user to change the password in next login

Delete User

If the user is no longer required, we can delete the users from the database.

Below is an example of deleting the user name Sam.

Admin -> Users & Groups -> Users -> Sam -> Delete

Note:

Free license would allow you to use only one user login. Though it allows us to create new users but may not be able to use them.

Graphical representation of different user roles

Below is a graphical representation of what permissions different user roles have.