Administrative roles

Role	Description
Monitor	An individual or group that uses the monitor role has the least amount of privileges. A monitor can complete the following tasks:
	View the WebSphere Application Server configuration.
	View the current state of the Application Server.
Configurator	An individual or group that uses the configurator role has the monitor privilege plus the ability to change the WebSphere Application Server configuration. The configurator can perform all the daily configuration tasks. For example, a configurator can complete the following tasks:
	Create a resource.
	Map an application server.
	Install and uninstall an application.
	Deploy an application.
	Assign users and groups-to-role mapping for applications.
	Set up Java 2 security permissions for applications.
Operator	An individual or group that uses the operator role has monitor privileges plus ability to change the runtime state. For example, an operator can complete the following tasks:
	Stop and start the server.
	Monitor the server status in the administrative console.
Administrator	An individual or group that uses the administrator role has the operator and configurator privileges, plus additional privileges that are granted solely to the administrator role. For example, an administrator can complete the following tasks:
	Modify the server user ID and password.
	Configure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
	Enable or disable administrative security.
	Enable or disable Java 2 security.