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# View the local user details or 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 local user details or authorized users and groups details:

## Steps

1. To see more information about a user, do one of the following:
   - Click in the title bar, and select View Profile.
   - - Select to open the Settings panel.
     - Select Users and Groups > Local Users or Users and Groups > Authorized Users & Groups
     - Select the user, hover over the row, and click to open the user details view.
2. 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:

     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.