The Privilege troubleshooter is a tool that helps you investigate the allocation of user privileges in your Security Center system.
What users can do in Security Center is controlled by a large number of privileges that can be defined per user, or inherited from user groups. The Privilege troubleshooter examines the allocation of privileges in your system, helping you to verify user permissions and fix issues.
- Who has permission to work with a selected entity
- What privileges are granted to selected users or groups
- Who has been granted a privilege, has access to a specific entity, or both
Opening the tool
You can open the Privilege troubleshooter from the Tools menu in Config Tool. Access is restricted to users with all of the following privileges:
- View user properties
- View user group properties
The tool opens in a separate window that is divided into three views in which you can investigate entities, users, or privileges.
Entity view
The Entity view shows which users or groups have sufficient privileges to view, modify, add, or delete the selected entity. If the entity is in a specific partition, these users also have access to it.
User view
The User view shows the full allocation of privileges to a selected user or group.
) in the search bar to limit the list to permissions that
are allowed, denied, or undefined.Privilege view
The Privilege view shows which users or groups have been granted a selected privilege, have access to a selected entity, or both.
) to perform an advanced search.