5.2 Assigning Roles

You can assign multiple roles to a single administrator or group at one time, or you can assign multiple administrators and groups to a single role at one time, as explained in the following sections:

5.2.1 Assigning Roles to an Administrator or Administrator Group

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click Administrator.

  2. In the Administrators panel, click the name of the administrator or group to which you want to add roles.

  3. Click the Rights tab:

  4. In the Assigned Roles panel, click Add to display the Select Role dialog box.

  5. Browse for and select the role to apply, then click OK to display the Add Role Assignment dialog box:

    The Add Role Assignment dialog box is displayed so that you can define the contexts for the rights included in the role. The contexts determine where the rights are applied. Some rights apply to the entire Management Zone, in which case Zone is displayed in the Context field and you cannot change it. Otherwise, you need to add each context to which you want the rights to apply.

    If you do not specify a context, the right is not applied to any context.

  6. To set contexts for the role’s rights:

    1. In the Types column, click a right to display the Select Context dialog box.

      Rights that have a Zone context cannot be changed; they apply to the entire Management Zone.

    2. In the Select Context dialog box, click Add and browse for the desired context.

      While browsing, you can select multiple contexts in the Browse dialog box.

    3. When you are finished selecting the contexts for a the right, click OK to close the Select Contexts dialog box.

    4. Repeat Step 6.a through Step 6.c for each right whose context needs to be set.

    5. When you are finished, click OK to close the Add Role Assignment dialog box.

  7. To add another role, repeat Step 4 and Step 6.

  8. When you are finished assigning roles to the administrator or group, click Apply to save the changes.

5.2.2 Assigning Administrators and Administrator Groups to a Role

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Administrators tab.

  2. In the Roles panel, click the name of the role that you want to assign to administrators or administrator groups.

  3. In the Assigned Administrators panel, click Add to display the Select Administrator dialog box:

  4. Browse for and select the administrators and administrator groups to which you want to assign the role, then click OK to display the Add Role Assignment dialog box:

    The Add Role Assignment dialog box is displayed so that you can define the contexts for the rights included in the role. The contexts determine where the rights are applied. Some rights apply to the entire Management Zone, in which case Zone is displayed in the Context field and you cannot change it. Otherwise, you need to add each context to which you want the rights to apply.

    If you do not specify a context, the right is not applied to any context.

  5. To set contexts for the role’s rights:

    1. In the Types column, click a right to display the Select Context dialog box.

      Rights that have a Zone context cannot be changed; they apply to the entire Management Zone.

    2. In the Select Context dialog box, click Add and browse for the desired context.

      While browsing, you can select multiple contexts in the Browse dialog box.

    3. When you are finished selecting the contexts for a the right, click OK to close the Select Contexts dialog box.

    4. Repeat Step 6.a through Step 6.c for each right whose context needs to be set.

    5. When you are finished, click OK to close the Add Role Assignment dialog box.

  6. Click Apply to save the changes to the role.