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Administrator Use Case

This administrator use case illustrates the following:

• How administrators are created
• How an existing administrator can create and grant privileges to a new administrator

This scenario involves three administrators

• Super User
• Manager Admin
• Junior Admin

Using the three administrators, the following scenarios are described:

• Super User creates Manager Admin
• Manager Admin creates Junior Admin

The following terms are used throughout the use case:

• Access Method

  Specifies how an administrator interacts with the Policy Server.

• Security Category

  Specifies a functional area in which an administrator can execute tasks to manage Policy Server objects or tools.

• Scope

  Indicates whether the administrator privileges extend to all domains and applications or to only specific domains and applications.

• Permissions

  Determines whether an administrator can read, manage, propagate, or execute tasks related to a security category.

• Rights

  Defines the administrator complete set of privileges based on the grouping of the security category, scope, and permissions.