Give Access to Plugins to an Existing User

We need to give access to the Plugins section in the Administration Console to an existing user having a 'linguist' role (that is, no access to the Administration Console).

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Give Full Access to an LDAP-Authenticated User
Configuring User Access

Step 1: Open the users.xml File

  1. Open the users.xml file in <DATADIR>\adminui\.
  2. Look for the user having the 'linguist' role.
  3. Copy the tag corresponding to the role name: <Role name="linguist"/>.

Step 2: Edit the AdminUI.xml File

  1. Open the AdminUI.xml file in <DATADIR>\config\.
  2. Paste the tag corresponding to the role name after a </aui:Role> end-tag.
  3. Add the following tags: <aui:Permission id="plugins" permission="write"/> </aui:Role>.
  4. Restart Exalead CloudView.

The user now has access to the Plugins section in the Administration Console.