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# View the authorized users and groups details

User authorization is a method for restricting the management operations that users can perform on a storage system.

## About this task

See Roles and associated permissions for an overview of the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality.

To view the authorized users and groups list:

## Steps

1. Select to open the Settings panel.
2. Select Users and Groups > Authorized Users & Groups.
3. Select your required storage system ID from the drop-down list.
4. To see more information about a user, select the user and on the right side of the row, click the icon.
   The following properties display:
   - Name—User or group name
   - Type—Type
   - Authority—Authentication authority. Possible values are:
     - Local Directory—Directory of users and encrypted passwords that are stored in a CST .xml file (users only, no groups)
     - Windows OS—Local Windows users and groups
     - Windows AD—Windows Active Directory users and groups that are accessed through the SMAS server domain
     - LDAP-SSL—Users and groups on LDAP server that have been configured the Configure Authorization wizard
   - Domain—Domain name. Possible values are based on the authentication authority:

     Table 1. Domain name values
     Authority | Domain name
     --- | ---
     Local directory Windows operating system | Unisphere server hostname
     Windows AD | Unisphere server domain
     LDAP-SSL | LDAP server domain
     Virtualization domain | Virtualization domain
     Any authority | Any

   - System- Storage systems associated with the user
   - Roles- Roles associated with the user
   - Component Name- Component name. An example of a component is a storage group instance.