Effective Access

The Effective access dialog box is useful for checking access for a user/group, and to troubleshoot access control problems.

Administrator with access to managing users/groups in Micetro can check the effective access of a user or group based on the role(s) the user/group is assigned to.

  1. Navigate to Admin ‣ Configuration.

  2. Select Users or Groups, depending on whose access you want to check.

  3. Select the user/group in the grid, and then select View effective access on either the Action or Row … menu.

    Micetro Access

    Shows all enabled permissions for the user/group.

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    Object Access

    Here you can select an object type and search for a specific object to check the access the selected user/group has, as well as where the access comes from.

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Note

The Effective access dialog box will display detailed warnings if permissions to the selected object are set, but a parent permission is not.

Example: examining effective access on a DNS zone might reveal that the user is attached to a role that has permission to view DNS zones, but no permission to use the DNS module.

Tip

By hovering over the i icon in the permissions list, the role(s) where the permission was set is displayed.