Users
      Back to home
      1. Vali Cyber Knowledge Base
      2. ZeroLock®
      3. Users

      User Role Settings

      This article will explain the purpose of User Roles and the ZeroLock® Management Console (ZMC) sections covered by a User Role.

        The User Role feature provides administrators with an efficient method to manage users by placing them in groups (roles) instead of assigning permissions to specific sections of the ZMC environment.

        On the ZMC, select Manage Users followed by User Roles. Select a box next to the role that you want to work with.  The User Role settings screen will appear on the right with the options to Duplicate, Edit, or Delete the role. The checkboxes in the sections will be greyed out.

        Image_1_Demo User Role 

        Selecting Edit opens the Edit User Role screen.  The number following is the role being edited.

        The screen consists of fields for the User Role name and description followed by three (3) sections used to configure what someone with that User Role may modify and view. Clicking the Modify or View column heading will select all the boxes in the column. When done editing, select UPDATE to apply the changes.

        Step_2_Edit Screen

        To create multiple roles with slightly different permissions, without manually setting the same permissions for each role, DUPLICATE is a great time saver.  Once the changes have been made, rename the role and select CREATE.

        Selecting Duplicate instead of Edit creates a copy of the current user role with a placeholder name consisting of the current role name with 'copy' appended to it.  The duplicate of 'User Role'  would be 'Demo User Role copy', for example.

         

        Setting User Permissions

        Possible user permissions are Modify and View. 

        1. Modify enables the user to make changes in the assigned section of the ZMC and view the changes.
        2. View by itself only permits the user to view the settings for a ZMC section. The options for Duplicating, Editing, and Deleting are not present.

        Below, by selecting the corresponding checkbox, the administrator has given the ‘temporary’ role permission to modify Control Policies.  Notice that when modify is selected, the view is automatically selected as well.
        Step_1_Control Policy Permissions

        After selecting UPDATE a warning appears requiring you to CONFIRM before proceeding.

        Step_2_Warning_Confirm

          1. For a user with 'modify' permission for Control Policies, the image below is what they will see when viewing Control Policies.  As this is the Default policy, only Duplicate and Edit are available.
            Step_3_Modify View
          2. For all other policies, the options will include Delete as shown below.
            Step_4_Standard View
          3. The image below shows what a user with only View permission for Control Policies sees.  The option to Duplicate, Edit, and Delete is absent. Additionally, the user will be unable to change any greyed-out item.
            User Role View Only 2.0.1
        Neither - A User with neither modify nor view permissions will see most items greyed out.
          1. Neither Permission 2.0.1

         

        ZeroLock Management Console Sections

        The following are the sections of the ZMC that User Roles may configure permissions for.

        1. Manage Users - Provides access to the User accounts and role setting page.
          Step1_Manage Users Section
        2. System Configuration - Provides access to the System Configuration setting page.
          Step_2_Sys Config

        3. Activities - Provides access to the Activity Logs section on the Dashboard.Step_3A_Activities