Capture Client Getting Started Guide

Roles and Privileges

SonicWallCapture Client provides each of the administrative users with different privileges, depending on the roles assigned to them.

To view the roles of a user navigate to Management | Administrators page.

Capture Client has three types of users

  • Admin - An Admin can access and edit all the sections to get any changes reflected in the management console, and assign others with different types of privileges.

  • Operator - An Operator can perform device operations and can read and write the Assets and the Reports sections.

  • Viewer - A Viewer can only read any sections in the console.

The following table describes the accessibility and rights of the CMC users:

CMC Sections Admin Viewer Operator
Administrators page Read and Write Read-only Read-only
Tenant Settings Read and Write Read-only Read-only
Notifications Read and Write Read-only Read-only
Policies Read and Write Read-only Read-only
Assets Read and Write Read-only Read and Write
Reports Read and Write Read-only Read and Write
Threats Read and Write Read-only Read-only

The read only sections:

  • Dashboards

  • Web Activity

  • Applications