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shockensmith

2004-01-12, 3:18 pm

I have been trying to figure out what Comptia feels is the correct answer for the following question: "Can a user be assigned to only one role or many roles in a role-based access control system?" I have read books with varying answers on this. TCAT's book says many, but the Exam Cram book says only 1 role.
DSComputers

2004-01-12, 6:44 pm

I'm pretty sure you can only have one role.
Though using rule based you should be able to be a member of many groups.
RussS

2004-01-14, 12:48 am

Interesting. I have always been of the opinion you can belong to several groups as far as the concept goes. However with MS a deny over-rides an approve so I guess there are yes's and no's .... lol
Tarzanboy

2004-01-14, 10:45 am

RBAC uses a many-to-many approach with users and roles, which is a caveat of Flat RBAC. A user may be assigned multiple roles and multiple users may be assigned to a single role.

Just be careful on the terminology:
RBAC - Roles/Principals
DAC - Groups
MAC - Labels

Cheers,
TB
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