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  1. About the Security Guide
  2. Introduction to Informatica Security
  3. User Authentication
  4. LDAP Authentication
  5. Kerberos Authentication
  6. SAML Authentication for Informatica Web Applications
  7. Domain Security
  8. Security Management in Informatica Administrator
  9. Users and Groups
  10. Privileges and Roles
  11. Permissions
  12. Audit Reports
  13. Appendix A: Command Line Privileges and Permissions
  14. Appendix B: Custom Roles

Security Guide

Security Guide

Types of Permissions

Types of Permissions

Users and groups can have the following types of permissions in a domain:
Direct permissions
Permissions that are assigned directly to a user or group. When users and groups have permission on an object, they can perform administrative tasks on that object if they also have the appropriate privilege. You can edit direct permissions.
Inherited permissions
Permissions that users inherit. When users have permission on a domain or a folder, they inherit permission on all objects in the domain or the folder. When groups have permission on a domain object, all subgroups and users belonging to the group inherit permission on the domain object. For example, a domain has a folder named Nodes that contains multiple nodes. If you assign a group permission on the folder, all subgroups and users belonging to the group inherit permission on the folder and on all nodes in the folder.
You cannot revoke inherited permissions. You also cannot revoke permissions from users or groups assigned the Administrator role. The Administrator role bypasses permission checking. Users with the Administrator role can access all objects.
You can deny inherited permissions on some object types. When you deny permissions, you configure exceptions to the permissions that users and groups might already have.
Effective permissions
Superset of all permissions for a user or group. Includes direct permissions and inherited permissions.
When you view permission details, you can view the origin of effective permissions. Permission details display direct permissions assigned to the user or group, direct permissions assigned to parent groups, and permissions inherited from parent objects. In addition, permission details display whether the user or group is assigned the Administrator role which bypasses permission checking.

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