Authorization

InterSystems IRIS® supports a robust role-based authorization system, which determines an authenticated user can create, use, view, change, or delete.

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Users and Roles in InterSystems IRISOpens in a new tab

Authorization basics

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Authorization: Controlling User Access

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Roles

Users

LDAP

External authorization systems

delegated authorization (authorization only)

delegated authentication (authorization and authentication)

Match authorization with authentication

You can use each authorization/role-assignment mechanism only with certain authentication mechanisms.

Authorization/role-assignment mechanism	Authentication mechanism(s)
InterSystems authorization	All authentication systems
Delegated authorization	Delegated authentication, Kerberos, OS-based
LDAP	LDAP, OS-based
Delegated authentication (can also perform authorization)	Delegated authentication

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