Viewing Roles
Roles used in the Virtuozzo Containers security model are system objects created to embody a certain multitude of permissions, i. e. the parameters that ultimately define the scope of the privileges the user is endowed with. In other words, roles are users' attributes and are made up of permissions. Permissions are all possible actions that a user or administrator is allowed to perform in the Hardware Node or Container context. You can create any number of roles at your discretion - as long as your own permissions allow you to do so.
To view a list of roles currently existing on the Hardware Node, follow the Security link on the Infrastructure Manager menu and then click the Roles tab on the Security screen. The information on each role is presented in the table having the following columns:
Column name
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Description
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Name
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The name of the role.
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Description
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The role description.
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Built-in
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Indicates whether the given role has been manually created by you or any other user ('No') or it is a built-in role ('Yes').
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To facilitate working with roles, you can:
- Filter them by their names and description. To this effect, click the Show Search link over the table, enter the role name and/or description in the fields provided and click Search. The roles matching the specified criteria will be displayed in the Roles table on the Security screen. To have the full list of roles back, click Reset Results.
- Configure the number of columns to be displayed in the Roles table. To this effect, click the Select Columns link and clear the check boxes near the column name that you wish to hide.
- Change the roles order in the Roles table by clicking the corresponding column name.
The Roles tab also allows you to complete the following tasks:
- Create a new role by following the New Role link at the top of the Roles table.
- Clone a role by selecting the check box near the corresponding role and clicking the Clone button. Upon the operation completion, the cloned role will be displayed in the Roles table with Copy of preceding the role name. To clone all the roles at once, select the uppermost check box and click the Clone button.
- Remove an existing role by selecting the check box near the corresponding role and clicking the Delete button. To delete all the roles at once, select the uppermost check box and click the Delete button. When deleting roles, please keep in mind the following:
- You cannot delete a role which is still assigned to any existing user.
- You cannot delete any of the built-in roles.
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