PowerScale OneFS Web Administration Guide

Create a custom role

You can create a custom role and add privileges, subprivileges, and members to that role. Return to a previous step by clicking that step on the workflow navigation bar.

1. Click Access > Membership & Roles > Roles.
2. Click Create a Role.
   The Basic settings window appears and its workflow step is highlighted.
3. In the Role Name field, type a name for the role.
   The role name must follow POSIX naming conventions. For example, the role name should not contain spaces or hyphens.
4. In the Description field, type a description, and then click Next.
   The Members window appears and its workflow step is highlighted.
5. Click Add Member to add a member to the role, and then click Next.
   See Add a member to a role for instructions.
   The Privileges window appears and its workflow step is highlighted.
6. In the Permission column, click one or more permissions to assign access rights and privileges.
   Permissions are - (no permission), R (read), X (run), and W (write).
   1. To assign subprivileges, click the down arrow of the parent privilege to view and assign subprivileges.
7. Click Next.
   The Summary window appears and its workflow step is highlighted. Review the settings, and then click Submit to create the custom role or Cancel to cancel role creation.