Managing user roles using the command line

Access to Kaspersky Endpoint Security functions via the command line is provided to users in accordance with their roles. A role is a set of rights and privileges for managing the application.

Four groups of system users are created in the operating system: kesladmin, kesluser, keslaudit, and nokesl. When you assign an application role to a system user, the user is added to the corresponding group of roles (see the Roles table below). When you revoke a role from a user, this user is removed from the corresponding group of roles.

If no application role is assigned to a system user, that user belongs to a separate group of users without rights.

Thus, the roles correspond to the four groups of operating system users:

• kesladmin – the Administrator role
• kesluser – the User role
• keslaudit – the Auditor role
• nokesl is assigned to a user if no other roles are assigned. In this case, the user belongs to a separate group of users without privileges

  User roles

  Role name	Role in application	OS user	Permissions
  Administrator	admin	kesladmin	Manage application settings and task settings. Manage application licensing. Assigning roles to users. Revoking user roles (the administrator has no right to revoke the admin role from himself). View and manage users' Storages.
  User	user	kesluser	Manage only user file scan tasks. Start and stop Update tasks. View reports for the tasks created by this user. View specific events that are common for all application users.
  Auditor	audit	keslaudit	Viewing application settings View application status. View all tasks, their settings, and start schedules. View all events. View all objects in Backup.
  —	—	nokesl	No role is assigned in the application, no permissions.