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1.13 About Principals

Principals is the term used to describe the assignment of users to roles. Users, groups, or OUs are assigned to one or more roles to create a principal.

LDAP or PAM must be configured in MWS. See LDAP Configuration Using /opt/mws/etc/mws-config.groovy or PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) Configuration Using /opt/mws/etc/mws-config.groovy in the Moab Web Services Reference Guide for details.

This section describes the features and functions available to manage principals.

In this section:

1.14 Principal Management Page
1.17 Creating or Editing Principals
1.18 Deleting Principals
1.15 Principals Page
1.16 Edit Users/Groups Pop-up