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Default Roles
Your system arrives with a variety of predefined, pre-configured roles. These roles are provided as starting points for the roles you will create for your system. You should not use the default roles, except for webui_user, for your users because any permission changes you make to the default roles will be overwritten with each software update. You can review the default roles’ associated permissions on the Role Permission screen and use these default settings as a guide when assigning permissions to new roles.
The default roles’ permissions are set using the principle of least privilege, which grants users access to only the resources they require to complete the roles’ tasks.
Note: If you are creating a new role based on a default or existing role, see Role Menu for information on copying menu items and setting permissions.