Assign a Role to a User Assign a role to the user to establish user privileges. Click the Configure tab. Click Users from the Access Management menu located on the left-hand side of the web page. Select a user by enabling the checkbox next to the user's name. Tip: Select multiple users when you want to assign the same roles to multiple users. Figure 1. Select a User Click Assign Roles. Enable the checkbox next to the Role Name to assign the role to the user. Tip: More than one role can be assigned to the user. Click OK.