How are permissions inherited in VigilEnt Security Manager / Vulnerability Manager? (NETIQKB32063)

  • 7732063
  • 02-Feb-2007
  • 08-Sep-2008

Resolution

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How are permissions inherited in VigilEnt Security Manager / Vulnerability Manager?

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

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VigilEnt Security Manager 3.x

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VigilEnt Security Manager 4.x

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

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Permissions are inherited from roles or groups.  Users inherit permissions from an assigned role and endpoints inherit permissions from an assigned group.  Each endpoint can have a unique set of permissions whether or not it is a member of a group. When users are assigned a role they adopt the permissions of that role.

In a nested group, if permissions are assigned to a particular group, any groups that are already within that group do not inherit those permissions. However, if you assign permissions to a particular group, then add or move a group to that group, the new group will inherit the parent group?s permissions.



Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB32063