Understanding Administrator Roles - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 System Administration Manual

2.4.1 Understanding Administrator Roles

The roles feature allows you to specify rights that can be assigned as roles for ZENworks
administrators. You can create a specialized role, then assign administrators to that role to allow or
deny them the ZENworks Control Center rights that you specify for that role. For example, you
could create a Help Desk role with the ZENworks Control Center rights that you want help desk
operators to have.
The following sections explain the different locations in ZENworks Control Center where you can
manage roles:
"Roles Panel" on page 43
"Role Settings Page" on page 44
"Administrator Settings Page" on page 45
Roles Panel
The Roles panel displays the following information:
Roles Panel
Figure 2-1
Name: You specified this when you created the role. You can rename the role here. You can
also click a role name to edit its rights configuration.
Types: Lists each ZENworks Control Center rights type that is configured for the role.
Allow: For each type listed, abbreviations are displayed to indicate the rights that are allowed
for that role.
Deny: For each type listed, abbreviations are displayed to indicate the rights that are denied for
that role.
If a right is configured as Unset, its abbreviation is not listed in either the Allow or Deny column.
In the Roles panel, you can add, assign, edit, rename, and delete a role.
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