Chapter 6. Roles

This chapter discusses the settings available on the Roles tab in a content section. You can add roles, assign members and administrators to roles, edit and delete roles, and remove members and administrators.

For more information on roles, refer to Section 4.17 Users, Groups, and Roles.

Before modifying any role information, the Roles tab must be active in a content section.

To activate the Roles tab:

  1. If necessary, open a content section. Refer to the Red Hat Content Management System User Guide for more information.

  2. Select the Roles tab.

    Figure 6-1. Roles Tab

6.1. Adding a Role

To add a role:

  1. Click Add a staff role or Add a viewer role. The Add role section is displayed on the right.

    NoteNote
     

    The list of privileges that are displayed depend on your installation.

    Figure 6-2. Add Role screen

  2. Type a name for the role (required).

  3. Type a description for the role (optional).

  4. Select the privileges for this role by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.

    NoteNote
     

    You do not have to select any privileges for a role. However, users assigned to roles without any assigned privileges only receive email alerts.

  5. Click Finish to save your entries. The Role details screen is displayed and a new group is added to the database for the role. The group is named foo Administration role, where foo is the name of the current Content Section and role is the name of the role.

    Figure 6-3. Roles Detail screen

From the Roles detail screen, you can: