Configuring Role-based Access

To configure role-based access, click Configure to open the Configure Role Tasks dialog box. The role hierarchy is displayed on the left-hand pane along with icons to indicate if the Role Task has been added or not and if the corresponding ACL string has been incorrectly configured. On the right-hand side of the dialog box, a description of the Role Task is provided along with details of the any incorrect ACL configuration. Click Add to enable a role or Delete to disable. Once a Role Task has been enabled you can enable access by checking the required group. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. In the menu bar, click Security.
  2. Expand ESCWA Configuration.
  3. Expand the security manager and then click Roles.

    This displays the Role Options page.

  4. Check the roles you want to restrict access for.
  5. Click Apply.

The role task resource entities are located in the Roles Task resources class. In the menu bar, click Security. Expand ESCWA Configuration. Expand the security manager and then click Resources. In the Security Resources Navigation pane, click Role Tasks.

You can configure the following Roles Task resource entities:

Native Access
This role task enables you to manage access to the Native features of the ESCWA application. Administrators can use this role to simplify the user interface when Enterprise Server is not required. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
Managed Access
This role task enables you to manage access to the ES for .NET features of the ESCWA application. Administrators can use this role to simplify the user interface when ES for .NET is not required. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
Security Access
This role task enables you to manage access to the Security features of the ESCWA application. Administrators can use this role to simplify the user interface when security configuration is not required. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
Server Access
This role task enables you to manage access to the Enterprise Server Administration Configuration dialog box. Administrators can use this role to restrict a user’s access to configuring the ESCWA server. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
Mainframe Access
This role task enables you to manage access to the Mainframe features of the ESCWA application. Administrators can use this role to simplify the user interface when mainframe functionality is not required. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
ESCWA Logon
This role task enables you to manage ESCWA logon. Administrators can use this role to restrict a user’s access to ESCWA. This role is not available under the Role Tasks resource class as this is a historic role. You can find this under the Common Web Administration resource class.
Region Startup Configuration Administration
This role task enables you to view the pages for a stopped enterprise server regions. These are the legacy pages for the MF Directory Server user interface. Administrators can use this role to restrict a user from viewing pages and information related to a running enterprise server region.
Started Region Administration
This role task enables you to view the pages for started enterprise server regions. These are the legacy pages for the Enterprise Server Monitoring And Control (ESMAC) user interface. Administrators can use this role task to restrict users to only be able to view pages and information related to a stopped enterprise server region.
JES Spool and Catalog
This role task enables you to view the Spool and Catalog pages. Administrators can use this role to restrict users to viewing only Spool and Catalog pages.
Note: This role task takes precedence over Region Startup Configuration Administration.
Region Control
This role task enables you to start and stop enterprise server regions and view the region Control page. Administrators can use this role to restrict users from starting and stopping regions.
Groups Administration
This role task enables you to view the Groups displayed in the Native Navigation pane. Administrators can use this role to restrict users from administering the Logical and PACs nodes, including installing to an enterprise server region to make it a PAC member when started.
Directory Server Administration
This role task enables you to access the Directory Server properties, connection configuration, security configuration, and journal. Administrators can use this role to restrict users from performing administration type changes to the Directory Server when the user should only be concerned with region-based actions.
Scale-Out Administration
This role task enables you to view the SORs displayed in the Native Navigation pane. Administrators can use this role to restrict users from configuring SORs to view the enterprise server regions associated with their PAC.
Security Configuration Report
This role task enables you to manage access to the Configuration Report in the Security Navigation pane.