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As mentioned, roles are defined primarily by the access rights associated to the role. In the
case of the default system roles, the entire network monitored by the Patch Management
Server is available to users if they have the appropriate role-based access rights.
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The accessible groups option is disabled when working with a predefined system role.
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The accessible groups option allows you to restrict a user to specified groups. For example,
a user assigned the access rights to manage deployments can be limited to managing
deployments for select groups.
The accessible groups option is available in the Add/Edit Role Wizard.
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Selected Groups - Lists the groups of devices assigned to the role.
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Groups - Lists the available groups of devices that can be assigned to the role.
Defining Accessible Devices
Accessible devices are individual devices associated with a particular role. This option
works in the same manner as the accessible groups option by allowing you to achieve a
level of granularity in the assignment of roles to system users.
The accessible devices option allows you to limit a user's permissions to specified devices.
For example, a user assigned access rights to manage devices can be limited to managing
only a single device using this option.
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The accessible devices option is disabled when working with a predefined system role.
NOTE
The accessible devices option is available in the Add/Edit Role Wizard.
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Selected Devices - Lists the devices assigned to the role.
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Devices - Lists the available devices that can be assigned to the role.
Working with Users
This section describes the user-based tasks available from the User Management page.
The available user-based tasks are:
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Creating New Users on page 230
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Adding Existing Users on page 233
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Editing User Profiles on page 236
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Removing Users on page 237
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Deleting Users on page 237
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Changing a User's Password on page 238
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