Creating A Nested Role; Viewing And Editing An Entry's Roles - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using Roles
Click OK.
7.
The new role appears in the right pane.

Creating a Nested Role

Nested roles allow you to create roles that contain other roles. Before you create a
nested role, another role must exist. When you create a nested role, the console
displays a list of the roles available for nesting. The roles nested within the nested
role are specified using the
To create and add members to a nested role:
Follow steps 1-5 of "Creating a Managed Role," on page 168.
1.
Click Members in the left pane.
2.
A search dialog box appears briefly.
In the right pane, select Nested Role.
3.
Click Add to add roles to the list.The members of the nested role are members
4.
of other existing roles.
The Role Selector dialog box appears.
Select a role from the "Available roles" list and click OK.
5.
Click OK.
6.
The new role appears in the right pane.

Viewing and Editing an Entry's Roles

To view or edit a role associated with an entry from the console:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
1.
In the left navigation pane, browse the tree and select the entry for which you
2.
want to view or edit a role.
Select Set Roles from the Object menu.
3.
The Roles dialog box displays.
Select the Managed Roles tab to display the managed roles to which this entry
4.
belongs.
To add a new managed role, click Add and select an available role from the
Role Selector window. Click OK.
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