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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section I. Identity and access management
  4. Role-based access control
  5. Edit or remove a role a custom role
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Edit or remove a role a custom role

You can edit or remove a custom role when you want to change or remove permissions for users with that role. Default roles cannot be edited or removed. You can only add or remove users from default roles.

Edit a custom role

Note:

When you change permissions for a custom role, the changes affect all users that are assigned to that role.

To edit a custom role

  1. Sign in to the NetBackup web UI.
  2. On the left, click Security > RBAC.
  3. On the Roles tab, locate and click on the custom role that you want to edit.
  4. To edit the role description, click Edit name and description.
  5. Edit the permissions for the role. You can edit the following details for a role:

    Global permissions for the role

     

    On the Global permissions tab, click Edit.

    Users for the role

     

    Click the Users tab.

    Access definitions for the role

     

    Click the Access definitions tab.

  6. To add or remove users for the role, click the Users tab.

    See Add a user to a role (non-SAML).

    See Remove a user from a role.

  7. Permissions for assets, protection plans, and credentials must be edited directly in the applicable node in the web UI.
Remove a custom role

Note:

When you remove a role, any users that are assigned to that role lose the permissions that the role provided.

To remove a custom role

  1. Sign in to the NetBackup web UI.
  2. On the left, click Security > RBAC.
  3. Click the Roles tab.
  4. Locate the custom role that you want to remove and select the check box for it.
  5. Click Remove > Yes.

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