# Set User Privileges

Users need appropriate privileges to create and manage VPN Gateways. The VPN Gateway has a specific group privilege called **Access and manage VPN Gateway**. When you enable this privilege for a group, its members inherit it through group settings, allowing them to manage the VPN gateways.

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**Prerequisite:** Make sure you have one or more **Groups** in the **User Manager**. To create one, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Create a group</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/user-management.md#create-a-group).
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To set user privileges to manage VPN Gateways, follow these steps:

1\. In the DCD, go to **Menu** > **Management** > **Users & Groups**.

2\. Select the **Groups** tab in the **User Manager** window.

3\. Select the appropriate group to assign relevant privileges.

4\. In the **Privileges** tab, select **Access and manage VPN Gateway**.

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**Note:** You can remove the privileges from the group by clearing **Access and manage VPN Gateway**.
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![Set User Privileges](/files/6Ol9Tcd0Eyvb6gJH7ASr)

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**Result:** The privilege to manage VPN Gateways is granted to all the members in the selected group.
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## Revoke user privileges

You can revoke a user's **Access and manage VPN Gateway** privilege by removing the user from all the groups that have this privilege enabled.

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**Warning:** You can revoke a user from this privilege by disabling **Access and manage VPN Gateway** for every group the user belongs to. In this case, all the members in the respective groups would also be revoked from this privilege.
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To revoke this privilege from a contract administrator, disable the administrator option on the user account. On performing this action, the contract administrator gets the role of a contract user, and the privileges that were set up for the user before being an administrator will then be in effect.


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