Roles and Permissions - Liferay Developer

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Users ,Roles,Organization and Permissions in
Liferay

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Add User

• Login as admin. with user name test_at_liferay.com
  and password test
• There are two ways in control panel to add a new
  user.both are same.
• You can click on user and organization and click
  on add user.
• Another is direct button is there at the end of
  page.
• We are going with 1st way Inside Control Panel,
  click on users and organizations.

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• You will get following screen Click on add -gt
  User.
• At the end of page, you will find out list of
  existing user.

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• Fill all the required details. and assign a
  default password.Save.So your user is created.

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• He/She can login with default password assigned
  by you.
• When 1st time login, user has to accept terms and
  condition.And once login done,user can update
  password from default to his/her customize
  password.

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Introducing Security
Users Liferay Portal has Users Users are key
entities in liferay. It can be associated with
site/organization/user group. Site Site can have
page, content, users, and functionalities. Users
in site can access different part and
functionality of site based on site role
associated. Here, Web content management system
is used to design content for site and portlet
application to used to meet dynamic functionality
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Organization Organization can have a site. It
manages users in hierarchy. User Group Users,
with common interest are set in a
group. Roles Roles are various functions within
portal. Role is basically a collection of
permissions that defines a function. For example
roles can be School Principal, HR of office
etc. You can create roles, assign permissions to
them, and assign users to the roles.
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Regular, Site, Organization Role and Team.
There are four types of roles In Regular
role/Portal Role, Permissions are defined and
applied at the portal level Its not specific to
anything like Organization, Site or User Group.
However, This role can be assigned to all those
users who belongs to any one of Organization,
Community or User Group. In Site role,
Permissions are defined at the portal level and
are applied to one specific site. In Organization
role, Permissions are defined at the portal level
and are applied to one specific organization. In
Team, Permissions are defined within a specific
site and are assigned within that specific site.
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Permission
We have different kind of permission in
liferay 1. Portlet level 2. Portal
level 3. Organization Level 4. Site
level 5. Page level
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Page level permission will be decided based on
whether page should be visible to particular role
user or not. Portlet Level permission will decide
whether portlet should be visible to particular
role user or not. Individual Resource level
permission Permission is given to user based on
Individual resources like image, document or
functionality within portlet or application.
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Here is summary
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How to create role Go to Control pane Click on
roles Existing roles are listed here. You can
create new . click on add
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Fill required details
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Click save Once you have saved it is listed and
you can see other options
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Edit you can change the name, title or
description of the role. Assign Permissions
You can define which users, user groups or roles
have permissions to edit the role.
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After assigning permissions , click on
save.Define Permissions you can define what
permissions this role grants.After defining,
click on save
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Assign Members
Lets you search and select users in the portal to
be assigned to this role. These users will
inherit any permission that has been assigned to
this role.Search the name .Then Update
Association.
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View Users allows you to view the users who have
been assigned to this role.Click here and
following screen will appear list of associated
users.
Delete permanently removes a role from the
portal.
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How to manage Users using Organizations
Control Panel - gt -users and organization -You
can see list of all organization
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-Click on add - organization -Fill all necessary
details according to requirements. You can make
regular organization / Area based
organization -You can select parent
organization(If any) -After filling required
details click save
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You can fill additional details also for
organization
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Again click on top side user and
organization Select organization click on
actions Assign users
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Select the user in available tab
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Check the check box and update association So
your added name will appear in current list of
organization
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Thank You