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  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section I. Managing security
  4. Managing role-based access control
  5. Role permissions
  6. Global > Security
  7. Access control

Access control

Users

Note:

In the NetBackup web UI, a user must have permissions in both Users and Roles to be able to view users or to add or remove users from a role.

Table: RBAC permissions for users

Operation

Description

Additional required operations

View

API only. View users or groups in RBAC.

This permission is granted automatically when the administrator uses the web UI to create a role.

N/A

Manage access

See Manage access.

 

Assign access to role

Assign users or groups to or remove them from RBAC roles.

View

Roles

Note:

In the NetBackup web UI, a user must have permissions in both Users and Roles to be able to view users or to add or remove users from a role.

Table: Roles

Operation

Description

Additional required operations

View

View RBAC roles.

One or more of the following permissions are also required:

Create

Update

Delete

Create

Add RBAC roles.

View

Note: If you want a role administrator to be able to grant access to certain RBAC categories in the NetBackup web UI (or namespaces), that administrator must also have View and Manage access on those namespaces. For example, a role administrator can only create a role for a VMware administrator if that administrator has View and Manage access on VMware assets (|ASSETS|VMWARE|) or on a parent-level namespace.

Update

Edit the permissions that are related to an RBAC role.

View

In the NetBackup web UI, an administrator can grant access for the namespaces on which the administrator has Manage access.

Delete

Delete an RBAC role.

View

Manage access

See Manage access.

Assign access to role

API only. Allow a role to have access to objects in RBAC.

This permission is granted automatically when the administrator uses the web UI to create a role.

N/A

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