How to create a role in Drupal?

Neerav Mehta

Founder & CEO

In this article, you will be learning about creating a new role and assigning permissions to it.

The only pre-requisite for this is that you must have admin rights.

Start by clicking on People.

Proceed by clicking on Roles.

Proceed by clicking on the +Add role.

You will be taken to Add role page. Here type in the name of the role you wish to create and proceed by clicking on Save.

You will see a message stating that the Role has been added. Below the Name list, you will find your newly created role.

Now we need to assign permissions. Click on the downward arrow beside Edit and proceed by clicking on Edit permissions.

You will be taken to the Permission page. Here you can select the permissions you wish to assign your user by checking the boxes. Click on Save permissions when done.

After saving you’ll see this message meaning your changes have been saved.

Neerav Mehta

Founder & CEO

Neerav Mehta is the Founder & CEO of Red Crackle. With sterling qualities, Neerav’s technological acumen is firing a generation of progressive companies on the digital path. With an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from India's most prestigious institution IIT Bombay and having spent seven years developing and contributing to the launch of AMD's innovative line of computer products, Neerav founded Red Crackle where he is lauded for his dynamic and innovative genius.

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