Role properties

The following table lists the fields you complete to create or modify a role:

Table 23.6. Properties of a role

Field label

Value

Name

The name of the new repository role.

Class

The type of role. The default is Role. Another available value is Group.

Use this property so that your applications can distinguish between groups and roles. The server does not enforce the value of this property and does not set the property to any value other than group.

Email Address

The email address for the new role.

If no value is entered in this field, the role email address defaults to the role name.

Owner

The name of a repository user who has the Create Group privilege and who owns this group.

Administrator

Specifies a user or group, in addition to a superuser or the role owner, who can modify the role. If this is null, only a superuser and the role owner can modify the role.

Alias Set

The default alias set for the role.

Description

A description of the role. For example, "New Project Approvals Committee".

Is Private

Defines whether the role is private. If Is Private is unchecked, the role is created as a public role.

By default, roles created by users with sysadmin or superuser privileges are public, and roles created by users with a lower user privilege level are private.