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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/grant/permission/system
Grants a system-level permission to a user or role.

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Input Parameter Description

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name
string
Name of the user or role to which the permission will be granted. Must be an existing user or role.
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permission
string
Permission to grant to the user or role.
  • system_admin: Full access to all data and system functions.
  • system_user_admin: Access to administer users and roles that do not have system_admin permission.
  • system_write: Read and write access to all tables.
  • system_read: Read-only access to all tables.
  • system_send_alert: Send system alerts.
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options
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
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status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
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message
String
Empty if success or an error message
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data_type
String
‘grant_permission_system_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
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data
String
Empty string
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data_str
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /grant/permission/system endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.