Creating a Role

Goal¶

Create a Vendor role to allow some - but not all - users to perform specific tasks.

Prerequisite knowledge¶

Concept: Users, Roles, and Permissions

Steps¶

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to People > Roles (admin/people/roles).
2. You will find default roles Anonymous user, Authenticated user, and Administrator already present.
3. Click Add Role to add a custom role.
4. Type Vendor in the Role name field. Click Save.
5. You will see the message "Role Vendor has been added." displayed at the top of the page.

Expand your understanding¶

• Assigning Permissions to a Role
• Changing a User's Roles

Videos¶

Additional resources¶

Drupal.org community documentation page "User Roles"

Attributions

Adapted and edited by Jack Probst, Boris Doesborg, and Joe Shindelar from "User Roles", copyright 2000-2026 by the individual contributors to the Drupal Community Documentation