Setting up Logins and Users
The DataStax Enterprise database uses Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Set up roles to manage access control for database objects.
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- Adding a superuser login
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After enabling role-based access control, create your own superuser login and disable or drop the default
cassandralogin. - Adding database users
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Set up the primary login roles for users who are authenticated against the DSE database.
- Internally stored passwords
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Learn how DSE protects internally stored passwords for database users.
- Adding roles for LDAP users and groups
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Create roles to match LDAP user ids or group names.
- Adding roles for Kerberos principals
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Create roles to match the Kerberos principal name.
- Setting up roles for applications
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Proxy roles allow an authenticated account (role) to run
CQLstatements using a different role. - Binding a role to an authentication scheme
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Prevent unintentional role assignment when a group name or user name is found in multiple schemes.
