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KB0752222

Cannot assign the admin role to users or groups


5305 Views Last updated : Jul 22, 2025 public Copy Permalink
KB Summary by Now Assist

Issue

Cannot assign the admin role

Release

All releases

Cause

The admin role definition contains a scoped role.

Resolution

You could go to the "contains role" related list and click edit to remove the contains role record. This might cause another error "If that role contains is removed, no active users or admins will be able to access the application anymore" due to PRB1331826. The workaround for this issue was to de-activate the ScopedAdministration script include and then delete the contains role record. Then re-activate the script include.


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