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# grant_permission_system

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.grant_permission_system"> <span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">grant\_permission\_system</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">name</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">permission</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">options</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">{"{"}{"}"}</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span><a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-python/blob/master/gpudb/gpudb.py#L32500"><span className="viewcode-link"><span className="pre">\[source]</span></span></a></div>

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      <p>\[DEPRECATED–please use <a className="reference internal" href="#gpudb.GPUdb.grant_permission" title="gpudb.GPUdb.grant_permission"><code className="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span className="pre">GPUdb.grant\_permission()</span></code></a> instead] Grants a system-level permission to a user or role.</p>
      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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            <div className="dt">name (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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              <p>Name of the user or role to which the permission will be granted. Must be an existing user or role.</p>
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              <p>Permission to grant to the user or role. Allowed values are:</p>

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                  <p><strong>system\_admin</strong> – Full access to all data and system functions.</p>
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                  <p><strong>system\_user\_admin</strong> – Access to administer users and roles that do not have system\_admin permission.</p>
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                  <p><strong>system\_write</strong> – Read and write access to all tables.</p>
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                  <p><strong>system\_read</strong> – Read-only access to all tables.</p>
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                  <p><strong>system\_send\_alert</strong> – Send system alerts.</p>
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              <p>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty dict ( {"{"}{"}"} ).</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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          <p>A dict with the following entries–</p>

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            <div className="dt">name (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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              <p>Value of input parameter <span className="em">name</span>.</p>
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            <div className="dt">permission (<span className="em">str</span>) –</div>

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              <p>Value of input parameter <span className="em">permission</span>.</p>
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              <p>Additional information.</p>
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