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All Servers should support the well-known Roles which are defined in Table 2. The NodeIds for the well-known Roles are defined in OPC 10000-6.
BrowseName |
Suggested Permissions |
Anonymous |
The Role has very limited access for use when a Session has anonymous credentials. |
AuthenticatedUser |
The Role has limited access for use when a Session has valid non-anonymous credentials but has not been explicitly granted access to a Role. |
Observer |
The Role is allowed to browse, read live data, read historical data/events or subscribe to data/events. |
Operator |
The Role is allowed to browse, read live data, read historical data/events or subscribe to data/events. In addition, the Session is allowed to write some live data and call some Methods. |
Engineer |
The Role is allowed to browse, read/write configuration data, read historical data/events, call Methods or subscribe to data/events. |
Supervisor |
The Role is allowed to browse, read live data, read historical data/events, call Methods or subscribe to data/events. |
ConfigureAdmin |
The Role is allowed to change the non-security related configuration settings. |
SecurityAdmin |
The Role is allowed to change security related settings. |