4.27 Update Principal Page

The Update Principal page lets you specify the users, groups, or organizational units and their applicable roles for a principal configuration.

To access this page click Configuration from the menu, click Principals from the left pane, and then click either Create to add a new principal or click the name of the principal you want to edit. See 4.23 Creating or Editing Principals for more information about creating or editing principals.

This topic provides an example of the Principals page and describes its layout and available information.

In this topic:

4.27.1 Page Example

The following image is an example of the Update Principal page.

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4.27.2 Available Fields

The following table identifies fields in the Update Principal page.

Field Description
Name

Lets you specify the name of the principal. The name you specify appears in the list of principals on the Principal Management page.

You cannot modify the principal name after creating a principal.

Description (Optional) Lets you specify a text description of the principal.
Roles

Lets you select which roles are assigned to the principal.

Only roles defined for your Viewpoint configuration will appear in the selection list. See Creating or Editing Roles for details on creating roles.

Principal Entity

Lets you specify an LDAP or PAM entity with this principal.

Type

Specifies whether the principal entity is an LDAP user name, group, or organizational unit or a PAM user name or group.

Users/Groups

Click Edit to add or remove principal entities. Click Add Entity to add an entity or next to the entity you want to delete. See 4.25 Edit Users/Groups Pop-up for more information.

4.27.3 Page Actions

These buttons let you perform actions on this page:

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