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 Settings icon 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 Details icon 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.