Operators permissions

The master operator creates other operators and assigns permissions to them from the IBM BigFix console. The authorizations associated to an operator are set in the Permissions area of the Details tab of the operator's description.

This table associates the activities that an operator can perform with the type of operator:

Table 1. Master operator and operator authorizations
Activities Master Operator Operator
Initialize Action Site Yes No
Manage Fixlet Sites Yes No
Change Client heartbeats Yes No
Create Fixlets If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Create Tasks If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Create Analyses If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Create Baselines If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Create Groups Yes Manual Groups Only
Activate/Deactivate Analyses All Administered
Take Fixlet/Task/Baseline Action All Administered
Take Custom Action If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Stop/Start Actions All Administered
Manage Administrative Rights Yes No
Manage Global Retrieved Properties Yes No
View Fixlets All Administered
View Tasks All Administered
View Analyses All Administered
View Computers All Administered
View Baselines All Administered
View Computer Groups All Administered
View Unmanaged Assets Administered Administered
View Actions All Administered
Make Comments All Administered
View Comments All Administered
Globally Hide/Unhide Yes No
Locally Hide/Unhide Yes Yes
Use Wizards If Custom Content is set to YES If Custom Content is set to YES
Remove computer from database All Administered
Create Manual Computer Groups Yes Yes
Delete Manual Computer Groups Yes No
Create Automatic Computer Groups Yes If Custom Content is set to YES
Delete Automatic Computer Groups Yes If Custom Content is set to YES and Administered
Create Custom Site Yes No
Modify Custom Site Owners Yes No
Modify Custom Site Readers/Writers Yes Site Owners

Administered: The operator must own or have permissions.

Requires Custom Authoring: Granted by the site administrator through the console.