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  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IX. Managing security
  4. Managing role-based access control (RBAC)
  5. Configuring RBAC
  6. Add a user to a role (non-SAML)
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Add a user to a role (non-SAML)

This topic describes how to add a non-SAML user or group to a role.

Non-SAML users use one of the following sign-in methods: Sign in with username and password or Sign in with smart card.

To add a user to a role (non-SAML)

  1. On the left, click Security > RBAC.
  2. Click the Roles tab.
  3. Click on the role name, then click on the Users tab.
  4. (Conditional) From the Sign-in type list, select from the following:
    • Default sign-in. For a user that signs into NetBackup with their username and password.

    • Smart card user. For a user that uses a smart card to sign into NetBackup.

    Note: The Sign-in type list is only available if there is an IDP configuration available for NetBackup.

  5. Enter the user or the group name that you want to add.

    For this type of user

    Use this format

    Example

    Local user or group

    username

    groupname

    jane_doe

    admins

    Windows user or group

    DOMAIN\username

    DOMAIN\groupname

    WINDOWS\jane_doe

    WINDOWS\Admins

    UNIX user or group

    username@domain

    groupname@domain

    john_doe@unix

    admins@unix

  6. Click Add to list.
  7. Users that are assigned to the role must sign out and sign in again before each user's permissions are updated.

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