User Guide

Configuring Role Based Services 17
Novell iManage Administration Guide
103-000182-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
3 Configuring Role Based Services
iManage gives you the ability to assign specific tasks or responsibilities to
users and to present the user with only the tools (with the accompanying
rights) necessary to performs those sets of tasks.
Role Based Services (RBS) gives you a way to focus the user on a specified
set of tasks and objects as determined by their roles. What users see when they
access iManage is based on their role assignments in Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
.
Only the tasks assigned to that user are displayed. The user does not need to
browse the tree to find an object to administer; the plug-in for that task
presents the necessary tools and interface to perform the task.
You can assign multiple roles to a single user. You can also assign the same
role to multiple users.
When a user accesses iManage and successfully logs in, the following page is
displayed: