CA Strong Authentication Administration Guide › Working with Custom Roles › Create a Custom Role

Create a Custom Role

This procedure describes how you can create a custom role.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Users and Administrators tab.
2. Click the Manage Roles link to display the Create Custom Role page.
3. In the Role Details section, specify the following information:

   Role Name

   Define the unique name to identify the new role. This name is used internally by CA AuthMinder for authenticating and authorizing this new role.

   Role Display Name

   Define the descriptive name of the role that appears on all other Administration Console pages and reports.

   Role Description

   Specify the role description.

   Role Based On

   Define the pre-existing role from which this custom role should be derived.

4. Specify the following information in the Set Privileges section:
   1. In the Available Privileges list, select all the permissions that you want to disable for the custom role.

      This list displays all the permissions available to the administrative role that you selected in the Role Based On field.

   2. Click the > button to move the selected permissions to the Unavailable Privileges list.
5. Click Create to create the custom role.
6. Refresh the cache. See Refreshing the Cache for more information.