Autonomous Identity 2022.11.9

Manage identities

The Manage Identities page lets administrators add or edit, assign roles, and deactivate users to Autonomous Identity.

View the default roles

  1. On the Autonomous Identity UI, click the administration icon on the navigation menu, and then click Manage.

  2. On the Manage Identities page, click Roles.

  3. Select a specific role, and then click Edit to view its details.

  4. Click through the Details and Permissions to view its details. You cannot change the permissions in these roles.

  5. Click Role Members to access the members associated with this role. If you want to add a user to this Role group, click New Role Member and enter the user’s name. You can enter multiple users. When finished, click Save.

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Create a new user

  1. On the Autonomous Identity UI, click the administration icon on the navigation menu, and then click Manage.

  2. On the Manage Identities page, click New User.

  3. Enter the Display Name, Email Address, DN, Gid Number, Uid, and Password for the user.

  4. Click Save.

  5. Click Authorization Roles, and then click New Authorization Roles. This step is important to assign the proper role to the user.

  6. Select a role to assign the user, and then click Save.

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Reset a user’s password

  1. On the Autonomous Identity UI, click the administration icon on the navigation menu, and then click Manage.

  2. On the Manage Identities page, search for a user.

  3. For a specific user, click Edit.

  4. Click Reset Password, enter a temporary password, and then click Save.

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Add a role to an existing user

Often administrators need to assign roles to existing members. There are two ways to do this: from the user’s detail page and through the role’s Role Members page (refer to View the default roles).

  1. On the Autonomous Identity UI, click the administration icon on the navigation menu, and then click Manage.

  2. On the Manage Identities page, search for a user.

  3. For a specific user, click Edit.

  4. Click Authorization Roles, and then click New Authorization Roles.

  5. Select one or more roles to add, and then click Save.

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Deactivate an existing user

  1. On the Autonomous Identity UI, click the administration icon on the navigation menu, and then click Manage.

  2. On the Manage Identities page, search for a user.

  3. For a specific user, click Deactivate. The user’s status changes to "In-active".

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