---
title: "manager assign"
slug: "manager-assign"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/manager-assign"
---

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# manager assign

This command assigns management functions to a VMS manager user.

## Usage

```plaintext
manager assign --id ID
              [--realm events|hardware|logical|monitoring|security|settings|support] 
              [--permissions create|view|edit|delete]
              [--object-type TYPE]
              [--object-id ID]
```

## Required Parameters

| `--id ID` | Identifies the manager for which to assign permissions for management functions. |
| --- | --- |

## Options

| `--realm events\|hardware\| logical\|monitoring\| security\|settings\|support` | Specifies a realm of management functions for which to assign permissions to the manager. |
| --- | --- |
| `--permissions create\|view\|edit\|delete` | Grants the specified permissions for the realm set with `--realm`. |
| `--object-type TYPE` and | This option is used together with `--object-id` to grant permissions set with `--permissions` for a certain object. Use `--object-type` to supply the type of the object and then further limit the scope by specifying the `--object-id`. Specify one of the following object types as `TYPE`: - `cluster` - `cnode` - `dnode` - `dbox` - `cbox` - `view` - `viewpolicy` - `quota` - `vippool` - `eventdefinition` - `ldap` |
| `---object-id ID` | Grants permissions set with `--permissions` for the object identified with `--object-id` of the object type specified with `--object-type`. |

## Example

To allow a manager with ID 6 to edit events:

```plaintext
vcli: admin> manager assign --id 6 --realm events --permissions edit
```