Managing Administrators

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Manage Administrators

Only users that have been granted administrative access to Dorian will be able to access the administrative features of Dorian. The administrative features include Account Management, Managing Trusted Identity Providers, and the ability to grant administrative access to users. When Dorian is started for the first time, the dorian user or the default user will have administrative access. The dorian user can be used to assign administrative privileges to other users. It is important to note that being granted administrative access does allow the administration of the Local Dorian Identity Provider. The local Dorian Identity Provider provides a separate mechanism for assigning administrative rights.

Administrative access to Dorian can be managed through the GAARDS UI. To manage administrative access to Dorian using the GAARDS UI, from the top menu bar select User Management => Grid Account Management => Administrators. This will bring up the Administrator window. From the Administrator window you 1) list all the users with administrative access, 2) grant a user administrative access, or 3) revoke a user's administrative access. To list all the users with administrative access click the List Administrators button, this will list the grid identities of all the entities with administrative access to Dorian in the Administrators table at the bottom of the screen. To revoke a user's administrative access to Dorian select the user from the Administrators table and click the Remove Admin button. To grant a user administrative access to Dorian click the Add Admin button. This will bring up the Add Administrator window which will prompt you to enter the grid identity of the user you wish to grant administrative access to. You can enter it directly or you can click the Find button to search for the user you wish to grant administrative access to.